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Night Terrors

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Night Terrors

 

 

 

 

In a corner of the yard

against moss-lined red brick

chimes dance

disturb

disorientate

 

Semi-conscious

straddling the mattress' width

I peep through

frayed-at-the-edges blinds

 

I witness nothing

yet catch sight of a figure

walking

down the ginnel

striding with intent

over centuries old cobbles

searching me out

 

Drinking in the night

I become helplessly small

as small as Alice

and am swallowed whole

by terror

 

A pin prick

in an ocean

of ebony.

 

As I shrink back into the safety of cotton

Pulling the quilt generously over my shoulders

The night becomes my enemy

I watch shadows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Night sleep terrors fear

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chris yates

Sat 5th May 2012 12:12

night terrors for sure very real, swallowed hole by terror !! still get them arghhh

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Shirley Smothers

Wed 28th Mar 2012 21:31

Hi Jon. Wow this is powerful.
I myself have panic attacks and sometimes
nightmares. I wrote my poem "The City" after
a panic attack.
Your poem brings to mind vivid images.
Good writing. You should use this poem during Halloween also.

Shirley

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Laura Taylor

Wed 28th Mar 2012 14:21

I used to get actual night terrors, since childhood, but they've lessened now. I managed to tear a mattress all the way down the side during one once.

I thought this was going to be about that sort of thing, but it's a bit different. I do like the lines 'Drinking in the night I become helplessly small'

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Marianne Louise Daniels

Wed 28th Mar 2012 12:03

I have sleep paralysis from time to time and this poem reminded me of the grip. Frightening.

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