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Nestled in the back of your mind, something is waiting to seek you out, take you down from within
It's incognito and under the radar, eating away at you slowly, carefully, and gradually until it strikes
Gouging at your psyche, penetrating your inner self and consciousness, if only there were a way to stop it
Hastening its approach as night falls and you fall asleep, its reign of terror over you begins
That part of you, you try to forget about is encroaching on your space with a thick fog of darkness
malevolent forces take you to the pits of despair and misery; try as you might, you can't break the chains
at least it's only a dream, you try to convince yourself - but that doesn't stop the fear gripping you
reality is slipping away from you as your subconscious takes over, and there is a voice saying
even if you can escape my clutches and wake, I will get you next time you fall asleep.
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Another day, another dark acrostic.
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Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
Overflowing in English language torture and word abuse.
"Every man has a sane spot somewhere" R.L Stevenson
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Comments (6)
"A Nightmare on Elm Street"--inescapable.
Hehehehehhe, I'll be waiting for you to fall asleep, Paul 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This made me so thankful I almost never have nightmares. Now that I think about it, I haven’t had a single one since I moved into this place November 1st. It’s awful to imagine a reoccurrence of nightmares when sleep is meant to be a time of peace. Well done. 🖤
Dark! I love it!
Wow. Now I have to stay awake forever. Well done.
Well done, Paul. You are the king of acrostics!