I feel your touch and taste your kisses,
Both sickly poison,
Too sweet to resist, too deadly to want.
My hatred of you runs deep,
Coursing through my veins, like blood,
A life force of its own.
Not hot,
Not cold,
Not bitter,
Just the tepid sting of indifference,
A bland nothingness for a bad nightmare long past.
Yet here you are,
In my high school hallway,
Against a row of lockers.
Mine is 1321.
They're melting, hot cheap steel,
Dripping hues of blue and gold,
The school colours that ruled my youth,
Onto freshly-polished linoleum.
A poorly fitting vestige to match your poorly fitting pants.
You're 30 years too soon,
And 20 years too late.
Yet I feel you.
Near me,
On me,
I feel sick.
Panic wells up in my gut as the crowd gathers near,
Cheers and jeers, thunderous,
And then, we're gone.
Change of venue.
A forest, thick and dark.
Running,
Crying,
Trying desperately to escape something foul.
Something so sinister,
So soul-crushingly dangerous,
I just can't breathe.
No air.
Nothing.
I can't move.
And I jolt from my slumber, breathless,
Shaking,
Sweating,
Frantic,
Until I look around and realize,
It was all a dream.
About the Creator
Misty Rae
Retired legal eagle, nature love, wife, mother of boys and cats, chef, and trying to learn to play the guitar. I play with paint and words. Living my "middle years" like a teenager and loving every second of it!
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Comments (9)
Love the intensity in the poem . Hearted
A word painting of excellence from a vivid dream. 🥰❤️ I think this challenge is quietly sponsored by the International Psychotherapy Association.
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Yuck! Those disturbing. nightmares - I could feel it - well done!
really good
Interesting piece you put together there
Wonderful Dream Work
wow... well written.
Super, superb, subconscious, sleep nightmare💕💖😊
Nightmarishly good .Well done.