X Nightmares

by Sole   Mar 27, 2006


Flicking through the pages of nightmares
Watching the clock of dreams tick by
Images flashing before my existence
A pitiful sight, a sore to the eye

Reading the book of lonely being
Drinking the glass of tears that cry
Tasting the hurt, watching the time
And people dreaming, don't deny

A sorrowful movie, the pain of night
Drunken humour tells a lie
And sets to rest the nightmare-weavers
As the grasp of fate does slowly die

On and on, tossing and turning
Under the sheets, it's hard to try
And avert this mind from all the dreaming
And take the dreamer from the sky

But one by one the nightmares end
Winged devil's rest who once did fly
Flicking through the pages of nightmares
Watching the clock of dreams tick by

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  • 16 years ago

    by Minkus

    5/5. Very, very well done... I enjoyed the diction, the rhythm, the construction of the lines. These poems are why you're on my favorites list.

    Two things: consider changing "sorrowful" in line 9 to something less... overdramatic isn't exactly the word, but it's close. Secondly, "winged devils" shouldn't have an apostrophe since it's plural, not possessive.

    Nevertheless, excellent work. One question: Why the X's at the beginnings of the titles?

  • 16 years ago

    by Sumit Ojha

    Good Poem... Really :)
    Keep up this good work :)

  • 17 years ago

    by BREEawNUHH

    Wow. This was great! You've done a wonderful job on this piece.

    "A sorrowful movie, the pain of night
    Drunken humour tells a lie
    And sets to rest the nightmare-weavers
    As the grasp of fate does slowly die"

    -- In the last line, I think it should be reworded, to be frank. Something like.. "As the grasp of fate slowly dies". Just my personal opiniion, though.

    Five out of five.

    ``Briana

  • 19 years ago

    by Shawna

    Great job!! I love the ending!!
    -Winged devils rest who once did fly-
    I've never thought about nightmares like that before!! Great work!! 5/5

  • 19 years ago

    by Tara Kay

    Imaginative, and deep and well written.
    loved it
    xxx

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