Utitled VIII

--Just as I start to drift off, I’m jolted back by a creak, so soft.
--As I cling to the blankets, I feel something creeps
--Across the floor, and through the room, invisible in the dripping gloom.
--Trembling, I can only assume that the Sandman’s come, with nightmares to seep
--into my mind. They drip from his fingers, eager to leak
--Through my skull—they’ve havoc to wreak.

--He’ll plant in me thoughts of blood and gore, thoughts that I should
--Be forgetting, and sending to hell with my tears.
--In fetal position, I shake and I plead, beg him to choose someone other then me.
--I don’t want to again dream that dream, one he keeps feeding my fears.
--My courage gathers, sit up, turn on a light, then wait for my vision to clear.
--When it does, I wish I’d left the light off--Shut my eyes, and cover my ears.

--But still, I can see, I can hear…the thing on the floor, which shrieks and cowers in fear.
--Who would’ve thought that the poor soul’s single dread was that which makes all that’s good grow?
--Cracking open my eyelids, I let go of my ears, and feel pity for the childlike creature,
--The sandy skin of his back starts to smolder, the things red-rimmed eyes glow in hateful anger.
--The Sandman, he is being charred by the light, and I feel that I’d rather
--Dream again then hear the pitied, poor wraith writhe in the light’s cruel, bright torture.

--And so, reaching up, I turn off the light, brace myself for another nightmare-filled night.
--But then, I feel nothing, and I open my eyes just in time to see Sandman tip-toe out, undisguised.
--Turning back at the very last moment, I see that his glowing red eyes looking directly at me
--He gives me a trembling, hunch-back bow, and I see, just barely, the look in his eyes…
--He’ll be back, every night, without fail, for to drive me mad, lead to my demise…
--And next time, there’ll be no compromise.


okay, yeah, it sucks. i got that. for Lit, we had to write a poem in the style of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven." (i love that poem.) but anywayz, just thought i'd post it here for the sake of posting it and whatevz.

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