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Dreams and Nightmares poems

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The Last Nightmare
Betrayed love,
Misplaced trust.
The cruel blade bites.


Did you miss me?
She looks like me,
She talks like me,
She just found me...


The Fairy Queen
I could drown in her emerald eyes
Silky red hair, a snow whisper to my ear.
I'm the next butterfly for her collection...


Sleep Paralysis
No air!, no voice!,
Like a stringless puppet
A fallen statue
I lay.


Scream
Clouded memory,
Just that sound woke me up,
My own scream.


Dismorphophobia
Sharp splinters tease me,
Thousands copies of the monster
They rip me.
I close my eyes, crying.
Why, why I am myself?


Drip
Cruel time runs faster than me
I'm useless, anxiety clamps my heart
My darkness radiates out of my body,
Corroding it.
I'm melting in my own fear.


Surveillance Camera
Endless corridors,
Silent steps on the worn-out carpets
Your evil eye winks red at me.


Insomnia
Red eyes,
They shut in vain,
Sleep, you are a whore
And I am broke!


I can't look at those eyes
The sleep of Reason produces Monsters.
Sadist, you rip everything in dripping pieces,
This cruel smile and that empty face scare me,
Inside we are identical.


Goeltzsch Viaduct
Frisking on the shining path,
Like a light ballerina, I smile.
I can hear the train siren behind me...


Mirror
I watch at myself,
My arm moves, hers moves,
My heart runs, embarrassing.
It's just a mirror!
Then why I feel her finger poking at me?


Scarecrow
Cold fear embraces me,
Darkness stares at me with hungry eyes,
But it's not this which scares me.
It's that damn scarecrow!


Incomplete
My limbs tingle and tremble,
I hate and love these dreams.
Because there I'm not
an useless wreck anymore.


Shaking
Universes which born and die,
Images and sounds crash like icebergs
I can't sleep with all this dreaming!


Thanatophobia
The Dark Reaper
Flows like night in the souls field,
This spike trembles, fearing the scythe kiss.


Dichotomy
Ianus Bifrons.
Rapture and terror,
Eagerness and trepidation,
Dreams and Nightmares.
Two sides of the same coin.


Shh!
You talk to me, but your face is blank.
I wake up screaming,
I can't help but get up and stare
Stare at that now sealed mouth.
You won't shush me anymore, darling...


Sleep walker
This time I'm a mouse.
I wander like a tormented soul.
Delicious scents drag me in the kitchen.
I knew it was a bad idea buying those rattraps!
Edit: this work was featured from :icondeviantartsupporters: , wohoo!!! BEST OF THE WEEK (dA-Supporters group) #46

An inspiration work created for Madmen-Asylum contest 'Dreams and Nightmares'. Dreams and Nightmares ~ Part II ~ Let's write!
Having fun with short poems and haiku.
The rule is not longer than 500 words for every entry. I counted the words: 410, counting the titles. And I used 19 different works as inspiration. :)
Here the artworks which inspired the poems (the first two are inspired by my own creations):

The Last Nightmare illydragonfly.deviantart.com/a…
Did you miss me? illydragonfly.deviantart.com/a…
The Fairy Queen sinistrosephosphate.deviantart…
Sleep Paralysis akira-keine-hoffnung.deviantar…
Scream paintyoursoul-d.deviantart.com…
Dismorphophobia elihanpen.deviantart.com/art/D…
Drip eomat-lema.deviantart.com/art/…
Surveillance Camera iggyslash.deviantart.com/art/S…
Insomnia garnet69frost.deviantart.com/a…
I can't look at those eyes evilsaintgood.deviantart.com/a…
Goeltzsch Viaduct malintra-shadowmoon.deviantart…
Mirror garnet69frost.deviantart.com/a…
Scarecrow unikatdesign.deviantart.com/ar…
Incomplete gojesser.deviantart.com/art/Ni…
Shaking babelfish4.deviantart.com/art/…
Thanatophobia energiaelca1.deviantart.com/ar…
Dichotomy mvicen.deviantart.com/art/Ange…
Shh! garnet69frost.deviantart.com/a…
Sleep walker graphite451.deviantart.com/art…
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Erozja's avatar
Awesome and creepy. Very creative that you made it inspired by others art. :nod: :clap: