Praying For A Dreamless Sleep

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Open Poetry #46

Praying For A Dreamless Sleep

passing shadows
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0 posted 2010-08-13 03:01 AM

Dear Lord,
let me sleep in peace tonight
without presence of a dream,
visions of certain somethings
that make me want to scream.

Let me be free of snakes and spiders,
dog attacks and strange birds flying,
falls from tall buildings, diagnosis
of a doctor saying I am dying,
car wrecks and police officers
who come to take me off to jail,
a cheating husband, a plane crash
and a train running off the rail.

I try to think of good things
and I pray before I go to bed,
but for whatever reason, I
have nightmares instead.

Lord,
my eyelids are heavy now
and I don't want to be afraid,
let me sleep in peace tonight...
my nerves are way past frayed.
Let me wake in the morning
with a clear heart and mind,
just one night, for just one night
let me leave the dream behind.

Nocturnal Pulse
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since 2010-08-12

Posts 84
Australia

1 posted 2010-08-13 03:06 AM

There is a depth of sheer desperation to this, that i would hope most of us wouldn't empathize with. Well done.

Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

2 posted 2010-08-13 03:41 AM

Aw! Oh I hope your prayer is heeded.. I have been through nightmare episodes also.. insomnia is almost better *shudder* My thoughts are with you

~Amaryllis

katahdin
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since 2010-07-01

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3 posted 2010-08-13 04:07 AM

I've had nights like that too. Hope you have sweet dreams!
Kat >^..^<

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

4 posted 2010-08-13 04:42 AM

Tough when we can't even rely on sleep to clear our mind. Our mind's are never at rest are they.

Loved this Dixie dear.

I hope your slumber is soft and relaxing

Richard xx

easy1
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since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

5 posted 2010-08-13 06:57 AM

I have read we always dream at least a little. Sweet Dreams to you then, pleasant enough that they are not recalled sadly as waking being merely a needed and deserved escape...

Although I have also read and know that the deepest part of sleep is not affected, so even with bad dreams later on in the cycle, some rest is enjoyed.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

6 posted 2010-08-13 07:06 AM

Here's to you... hoping the nightmares might take leave and you find rest...

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