Momma's My Nightmare [Extended]

by WakingFreedom   Oct 28, 2009


As darkness devours me into a blistering sleep,
The dreams flood through my veins.
Screaming images of muted thoughts,
Torturing me with unfelt pain.

My mind seeks forgiveness,
As Momma turns into my nightmare.
Dying before my eyes, I try to reach,
Only to fall empty handed and in despair.

They've said I met her, but I can't remember,
All they told me was the evil ways she died.
And it's the cause of my birth,
That they all had implied.

She's the reason I can't sleep tonight,
The reason I have so much to fear.
All because my childhood stories,
Momma has become my nightmare.

I pray, I plead, I beg on my knees
That it would all just go away
That dreams of butterflies and faeries
Would be the ones, instead, to come and play

I cry, I rage, I scream out loud
Yelling to be let free from the cages
Of deep darkness of murderous dreams
That I can't seem to get rid of

My Momma has become my nightmare
Pleading without a voice,
bleeding without a choice
I want to save, I want to hold, I want to love

I can't...
I try...
I fall...
I dream instead.

Shivering in the heat of a dream
Where nothing comes to life at all
Momma wants to be forgiven
Or was it me...
Who wanted to be forgiven all along

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  • 15 years ago

    by Kuro

    Confronting your inner demons can never be an easy task. and it can't be easy being raised by a single parent. it sounds like you miss your mother and spend a lot of time thinking about her. so much so that it is turning into a nightmare.

    as a story this is not that scary, but if i put myself in your shoes, i would be frightened out of mind (physically and metaphorically) i somewhat agree with the above commenter. you should add more to it to give it the full feeling you are trying to express. it seems like there is more to the story we are missing.

  • 15 years ago

    by MERCY is never shown

    I thought it was good it was really deep and as myself it would work as a explanation to me but it was good and amazing that you touched on such a personal and unfair subject

  • 15 years ago

    by Spirit

    This is a short poem, that is yearning to be longer.

    I like the start of it, and this is apparently a difficult topic for you to express, but that being said, I want you to take this poem deeper.

    The writings that we create that are close to our hearts usually feel as if they are lacking something. I believe this is because we as authors are afraid to get hurt by other peoples opinions.

    But still I think you should take this event ( whether it's fictional or fact) and own it. Get deeper in it and make it your own.

    I hope that helps you in some way.

    Remember
    "A poet that writes while worried about other peoples thoughts and opinions, is a conformist not a writer."
    "You don't have to speak allowed to be heard. "

    thanks for the read
    >-Spirit->

  • 15 years ago

    by Kristina

    This poem was very well written and it flowed really nicely, too. I think you did a really great job on writing it. You expressed yourself very well. 5/5

    ~Kristina

  • 15 years ago

    by Gness

    Way of life is never fair it is balance rules fate whatever you want to call it but its not fault or guilt that you should look to great write i enjoyed reading about this experience

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