Letters, Short Stories, and Poetry

The Nightmare Spell

Sleep is peaceful
Sleep is escape
From everyday life
It takes a new shape

That is what I thought
For years on end
Until that fateful day
That day, I sinned

I lay in bed
Peaceful and calm
Yet I could not sleep
Awake until dawn

The very next night
The nightmare occurred
I woke with a jolt
"This is absurd."

And I believed it
But the dream
It returned to me
Silent and unseen

The same dream
Every dreaded night
I'm in a room
With a small dim light

Then they appear
My loved ones or friends
To cheer me on
For someone's life, I must end

They chase me
Those faceless freaks
I run away
The floorboard creaks

They are after my life
It's them or me
I don't want to kill them
I try to flee

They caught me now
I can't be freed
I have no option
I must preform the deed

The crowd I knew
My friends they were called
They laughed at my pain
At the body I mauled

The scene changes then
To an empty room
Just me with a soul
One that has met it's doom

I look at the blank space
Where the face should be
To find it filled in
Eyes reflecting back at me

I know this person
I love them so much
Why did they chase me?
Bruise me with touch?

I try to run from that face
The one I had killed
But I'm sealed in with them
The smell of blood will build

The stench is eye watering
The guilt is overwhelming
Should I end it?
The thought is compelling

The view changes from my eyes
To way up above
I see the room and a body
A simple dead dove

I look down to see
The body is hung
My eyes filled with tears
The tears they stung

I knew the dead one
The one with the noose
The dead one is me
My limbs are so loose

I can't be dead
I'm thinking right now
I can't be dead
This isn't real... How?

I can't be dead
But maybe I should be
I can't be dead
I think now I see

I should be dead
I'd free the world
I should be dead
My fingers are curled

I am dead
Goodbye everyone
I am dead
My life is done

Then I awake
It was all just a dream
Some awful nightmare
An elaborate scheme

It leaves me with questions
It leaves me chilled
It leaves me with thoughts
Of blood I spilled

Is this a sign?
I don't understand
These nightmares aren't real
They should be banned

Now you know my tale
My sleepless nights
This is why I rest
With, at dark, the lights

So to you I say
My friend sleep well
And be wary of
The nightmare spell