Dreams

poem by: Eireann O'Kane
Written on Apr 24, 2016

I lay awake one Summer night
Afraid to fall asleep
Knowing that in just one blink 
My mind would travel deep

A world I'd go of thoughts unknown
To places I'd never been
Each door awaited, tall and thick
Behind lay dreams unseen

A crow, his sharp and matted black
Against the dewy rain
Sat upon the tarmac ground
It squawked and called my name

A boat amidst the oceans mass
Alone it waited there
The crow and friends they gathered
To take me, who knows where

Wake up, I begged myself to heed
Don't stay here in this dread
But onward I did travel
A statue upon my bed

A face, unseen but there in full
Staring, glaring I see
Who are you? I screamed to it
Wake up! I screamed to me

I lay awake one Summer night
Afraid to fall asleep
Knowing that in just one blink
My mind would travel deep
 

 

Tags: rhyme, deep, dark, fear,

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Christopher Russon commented:
Well written.
John Carson commented:
Very nice, as is all your writing that I've read so far.

 

 

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