Nightmares- A Poem

Nightmares
K.N. Lee

 

Cryptic messages 

Float through the dark

Stark contrast

To the forbidden arts

Tossing 

Turning

Stirring in sweat

The night has just begun

You haven't felt true fear yet

Striped clean of innocence

And dipped into the pool of hate

Sated with poison

Set naked before the black gate

Close your eyes and listen

To the call of the crows

Bow in tense silence

To the bleak images that are shown

Slithering snakes 

And snapping feral beasts

Glittering stakes

And bloody feasts

Don't eat the fruit!

Flies will surely fill your belly

Teeth will fall out like rain

Leaving gums of mush and jelly

Such deafening lies

Thump inside your head

Peel your eyes open 

To escape this world of dread

Cry for your mother

And hide beneath your bed