Sunday, October 23, 2016

Sarah St Vincent Welch #283 the knife shadow - night terror 3




the shadow on the window above me
is metal, a fist
cold, a knife
the silhouette a threat that will kill, will
skulk
noir, no not noir, this dream is real
for sure, it will kill, kill me, kill
a promise it will, I stand, stutter, steady
as they sleep, dream

I will fight, fight



4 comments:

  1. Yes, Sarah. Fight to survive. Always.

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  2. I think our dreams even nightmares send us reassurance sometimes, that you can fight, whatever it is. And one of the characteristics of a night terror is that you believe completely it is real.

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  3. Don't you think, also, that sometimes very ordinary things, like the windowsill, become terrifying, take on aspects in the night life they do not in the day?

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