Nightmares

I walk with my hands outstretched,
Trying hard to find
Someone who will help me.
I can't see: I'm blind.

Alone in the darkness of nightmares,
I hear an awful sound.
I run, tripping often
And falling to the ground.

Again I push myself up,
Not pausing for a beat,
Hoping to just get away
From the pursuing feet.

I look towards the sky,
Or where the sky should be.
It is then that I remember:
It doesn't matter, I can't see.

The footsteps are getting closer
And fear rises in my heart.
A lump swells in my throat,
Tears from my eyes part.

They rain down to the earth.
Over the dirt they're sown.
I guess I've finally realized
That I am all alone.

But suddenly I feel warmth
Wrapping all around me.
I tightly close my eyes.
I somehow know it's he.

My lids slowly lift up
And my sight has returned.
I thank that fair star in the sky
That has always brightly burned.

It has guided me through life,
Helping me to bear
The load of trying to escape
From this horrible nightmare

And maybe the day will come
Where I won't see it from just afar.
I'll touch its brilliant, blinding light,
Healing my soul's scar.

O! Most beloved star of all!
My heart cries out to you
And the glory that you own
With your silver and white hue.

For even though the branches
And their golden leaves
Criss-cross above my head,
Your light falls upon my sleeves.

And you can see me dancing
In the falling yellow flowers.
Twirling round and round,
Until the early hours.

But the nightmare does return,
Hoping to break my soul.
But every time it fails
And is pushed back to its hole.

Some of you might worry
That someday darkness shall win.
But as long as I see that star
I cannot help but grin.

For shadows have no power,
Unless you give it freely.
And therefore your destruction
Will be your own fault really.

So, white ship, you have arrived,
Waiting to take me away
To a place where I'll be safe
Far over the water gray.

Where my nightmares cannot follow,
To where there is only beauty.
I am ready now to go,
But I have one last duty.

Farewell, farewell, to all my friends,
For now I must leave you.
But we will meet once again.
This fact I know is true.

As the sun sinks down low,
They pass out of my sight.
A smile adorns my tear-stained face.
Everything will be all right.



Poetry by Arore
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Written on 2005-06-10 at 22:14

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chasingtheday The PoetBay support member heart!
the ebb and flow of life, hope and hopelessness tugging at life.
2005-07-02