Living Nightmare
“Waking Dream”
Living Nightmare
“Waking Dream”
Click clack, the keys float as the words appear.
Begin to swirl I start to twirl my life.
It spins around my mind in a sudden
tick-tock the clock it goes around in time.
Swish swoosh, a dream it floats distant memory.
A past is here amidst my mind tortured.
Stinging me from inside and so hurting
is my good side because my false nightmare.
Drip-drop, the sound of blood it rings out loud.
It drowns my fears cascade my tears they’re yours
and yours are mine drip-drop tick-tock swish-swoosh,
Click-clack I wake sweat breaks around my neck.
I’m back, you’re here with me although I called
you, my nightmare. When you were my hero.
Thank you, for you and you for me because
you are my dream and they were my nightmare.
About the Creator
Corey W Harland
Retired soldier, writing as a therapy, hobby, and as a dream career as I go. I hope to fill this page with poetry, photographs, and stories that will inspire all who read to embrace their own beauty and let their own lights shine bright!
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