Nightmare

Close your eyes, If you dare.
Slide down the tunnel, Into the pit.
Around the whirlpool, Sucks you down.
Drown in the middle, Run run away.
Desperate thought, It’s not reason.

Breathing heavy, Body sweats.
Try to reach the light, It moves away.
Through curtains of night, You stretch out.
Sit bolt upright, In your bed.
Dead of night, Can you sleep now?

Dragon Lover
(dreamer866)



The Long Walk Home

Down the road - which curves into darkness,
As the trees wrap around it forming a tunnel -
To what unknow dread does this lead;
Do you dare tread the ebony road?
Will you creep along, hesitating at every sound, to look for what you cannot see?
Will you stroll bravely along, head held high, whistling in the dark;
Heart pounding, pulse leaping, brow sweating?

Shadows dart - among the trunks of the trees,
As the eye is drawn in misleading direction -
What foul beast treads the shadows;
Do you turn to face it?
Will you speed your steps, faster and faster, to escape from what you cannot touch?
Will you turn and wait, crouched and ready, for what comes in the dark;
Muscles loose, nerves steady, eyes forward?

Lower than the wind - sound echoes first here then there,
As the rustling and snapping moves through the brush -
What secrets are whispered underneath;
Do you dare make sense of it?
Will ou speak out loud, covering the whispers, to deafen what you cannot hear?
Will you stand still, quieting your heart, breathing, there in the dark;
Straining, listening with every pore of your being?

What do you risk?
YOUR SENSE OF SELF
What do you risk?
YOUR BELIEF
What do you risk?
YOUR SANITY
What do you risk?
YOUR SAFETY
What do you risk?
YOUR FEAR
What do you risk?
YOUR LIMITS
What do you risk?
YOUR KNOWLEDGE
What do you risk?

THE VERY CORE OF YOUR BEING

TO FACE

YOURSELF

Dragon Lover
(dreamer866)

Check back I'll add stuff as it comes.

this isnt yours?

Oh. Yes it is. Boy, I was brain fried last night. Check my profile. That's part of my email address. I've taken to using it as my signature since I posted these two poems at a friend's website.

Sorry for the confusion.

Very nice. I love your style.

yeah I liked also...but its your turn Dragon....you promised

My Head is throbbing
My Throat is parched,
My Eyes burn from the strain.
Searching, searching the damned white sails
Scarred with black lines
For a clue, a direction, AN ANSWER!

My Mind is quaking
My Heart is heavy,
My Eyes tear with frustration.
Scrabbling, scrabbling along the harsh ebony spines
Stinging my hands
For a key, a compass, A REASON!

The stacks loom,
The shelves close in,
The dearth of Knowledge crushes.
Sinking, sinking as the blocks fall down
Buried under the weights
No clue, no compass, NO ENDING!

dreamer866

There once was a castle
All light and airy
Till the prince died
Now it's all dark and scary.

There once was a dream
Full of happy endings
Till the darkness descended
Now it's all dark and scary.

There once was a future
All hopes and desires
Till the world ended
Now it's all dark and scary.

Now there's a dungeon
Now there's a nightmare
Now there's a living death
Now it's all dark and scary.

dreamer866
(Dragon lover)

God this one even depressed me.