Open Poetry #46 |
Praying For A Dreamless Sleep |
passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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. |
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Nocturnal Pulse Member
since 2010-08-12
Posts 84Australia |
There is a depth of sheer desperation to this, that i would hope most of us wouldn't empathize with. Well done. |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
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 |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
I've had nights like that too. Hope you have sweet dreams! Kat >^..^< |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
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 |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
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. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Here's to you... hoping the nightmares might take leave and you find rest... |
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