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DreamEvil
Member Elite

since 1999-06-22

Posts 2396

0 posted 1999-08-31 09:29 AM

I close my eyes
and I dream
of sleep,
my old,
inconstant lover.
Into my mind,
the visions now creep,
at the edges
they hover.

As soft
as the kiss
of a razor,
that whistles
out of the dark.
I must shake off
this foggy haze or,
my own neck
will catch
that arc.

There are times
I'm filled
with great sadness,
from knowing
the things I know.
All of them
fertilize my madness,
thank God
that it doesn't show.

I can't sleep
because of the nightmares,
the quaking things
that take me.
Staying awake,
draws too many stares,
as I wail
like a banshee.

Why is it
no one else
can see them,
the things that crawl
through my veins.
Why is my consciousness
growing dim?
Why
am I held
down by chains?

The needle
is all that brings relief,
with it come
the vacant stares.
Until then
I'll wallow
in my grief,
while madness
takes all my cares.

©1999 DreamEvil

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Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings?
DreamEvil©

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

1 posted 1999-08-31 09:37 AM

This is most Excellent work! I can really see and feel what you express here! oh, so sad though!

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

2 posted 1999-08-31 11:43 AM

Hey you see 'em too - We have a lot more in common that I thought.
Good poem Dream - thanks for coming to the Drak Palace with it.

Michael

moonmoon
Member

since 1999-08-13

Posts 277
TX , USA

3 posted 1999-09-12 01:17 PM

Very powerful indeed...The decrepit sadness sketched here, is something a lot of us have experienced, some time or the other....BRAVO..!!

Thanks for the read Evil dreamer..

~one voice~
Senior Member

since 1999-07-08

Posts 664
Billings, MT USA

4 posted 1999-09-12 03:22 PM

This gives me a whole new meaning to not being able to fall asleep! I like this one a lot Dream...

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~onevoice~

"Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior."

gOdeSslOve
Junior Member

since 1999-09-12

Posts 23
Santa Clara CA

5 posted 1999-09-12 03:34 PM

This is a really passionate and beautiful poem. I like the way you explained your feelings and showed them with your words.
Great poem. Glad to see good work this being the first time i visit.

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AmOr y Salud,
gOddeSslOve

Dragoness
Senior Member

since 1999-08-07

Posts 513

6 posted 1999-09-12 09:22 PM

Being a perpetual night creature I loved this.Nightmares are the main reason for my love of the night....no nightmares in the light of day.....well done!

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Set you heart free and your mind will follow.

JennyLee
Senior Member

since 1999-09-01

Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.

7 posted 1999-09-13 11:08 AM

"All of them fertilize my madness,
Thank God that it doesn't show..."
This speaks to the madness in myself.
You have such a wonderful way with
your words!!

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Helewes

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

8 posted 1999-09-16 11:21 AM

Uh, Jenny,
Just so you know - it shows. (hehe)

Michael

Christopher

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

9 posted 1999-09-18 09:59 PM

Excellent drream. I can't believe I missed this one. Other's should consider themselves thankful for the ignorance that hides the spectres of the night and the demons of the mind from them!
Vivid description!

jfkinyon
Junior Member

since 1999-09-18

Posts 34
Burbank, CA. USA

10 posted 1999-09-18 10:54 PM

This made me want to go shoot something into my arm... but then, everything does

....

Really enjoyed this.

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J. F. Kinyon

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