Strange Shades

By Kristoff

Why do my dreams keep haunting me, like some strange shade of the past?
It’s over, it’s gone, the end has come and went.
Death always surrounds the workings of my mind,
Digging and burrowing into the
Deepest
Of my unconscious moments.
He sits on the end of my bed and watches me
….. waits
                ….. and waits
                                       ….. and waits…
He waits until I’m still and vulnerable and comes to greet me like an old friend.
Gentlest touches, not enough to harm.
But simply to remind me what the world really is.

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Copyright 2015 Kristoff
Published on Friday, January 30, 2015.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • molock On Saturday, January 31, 2015, molock (312)By person wrote:

    sounds like a really bad dream .nobody should ever have to go through that.

  • Nimue44 On Friday, January 30, 2015, Nimue44 (289)By person wrote:

    That image of him staring at you while you sleep is really creepy... Curious structure of your work as well, kept me wondering. And hey, those are a lot of tags. He he.

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