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Nightmares

April 22, 2013
By -Hopeless- GOLD, Hudson, Indiana
-Hopeless- GOLD, Hudson, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The lines that have no rhyme, are the ones that mean the most&quot; -Me-<br /> <br /> &quot;Are you with me, or will you fall to your knees?&quot; - We came as romans-


As I close my eyes, the lightning cracks,
why do these dreams feel like a whip on my back!
I feel nothing but the pain, all the other feelings I lack!
This is my nightmare, and there is no taking it back!
Why is my mind imprisoned like this?
I never envisioned something like this!
I want to close my eyes and fall asleep,
Just fade away and no longer weep.
But I am emotionally scarred,these wounds have cut so deep.
Look into my eyes, look at the pain.
There isn't any emotion left for you to drain.
It's all gone, these nightmares haunted me for way too long.
I know it's probably wrong,
But a transition through pain has become my love song.
I may be broken,
But there was a window of opportunity and I forced it open!
No longer am I stuck in these nightmares! I have AWOKEN!
There may not be hope for me,
But I guess this world will have to wait and see.
With all the broken pieces, I have built a better me.
I will hold my ground,
You can't make me flee!


The author's comments:
My cousin challenged me (on facebook) to write a poem about nightmares, I replied with " okay be right back" I messaged her about 10 minutes later with this.

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on Apr. 26 2013 at 10:23 am
-Hopeless- GOLD, Hudson, Indiana
16 articles 0 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The lines that have no rhyme, are the ones that mean the most&quot; -Me-<br /> <br /> &quot;Are you with me, or will you fall to your knees?&quot; - We came as romans-

You always manage to leave the best comments! (: I am glad you like this one, it does ring true to me, I have many poems about nightmares ( I had chronic nightmares for about 2 years and still have them often). It shows how  much my own mind can hurt me, whether most realize that or not. I am kind of surprised you like all my shouting because I tend to overuse the exclamation point, apparently. However, I love to listen to music that consists of screaming, so I like to write with the idea of screaming/ shouting. It feels much more emotional to me. 

on Apr. 25 2013 at 10:00 pm
LexusMarie PLATINUM, Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Favorite Quote:
The more control you have over yourself, the less control others have over you.

Guess who? Haha! Wow, so the title is pretty captivating.. I have yet to read a poem about nightmares and I have to say I am thoroughly impressed. The exclaiming in the beginning is great! I love all the shouting! I feel like sometimes people don't know when to use exclamation marks, but maybe that's just me being picky, anyways you used them so well. Nightmares are scary and you just wanna scream when you wake up. Your rhymes are great, like always. I'd quote my favorite lines, but then I'd have to quote the whole poem. You captured the feelings people get when they expierence a nightmare very well! Great job!