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Lyrical Laments - 11. Chapter 11 Visitation

Dreams are cool... except when they're scary.

Visitation

 

What voice does say my name mid night?

Whose shadow creeps across my covers?

What opaque horror fills my sight?

Whose fetid stench in the night air hovers?

 

What purpose is your fearsome visitation?

Giving only hints of your ruptured head

Your presence an unwanted infestation

Enveloping my soul with a crushing dread

 

Why disrupt my clean and quiet sleep?

Is there message in your thrumming hiss?

As you drip dank moisture on my feet

Do you portend the coming of my Death’s kiss?

 

Here in emerging dawn, shamefully I cower

Left with the same disquiet that often filled my youth

Too afraid to move, I search for my inner bower

But I am still caught up in the grip of last night’s noose

 

A nightmare so real it survives the daylight

But forgotten fortitude begins to grow

I’m no longer that practiced child of fright

And boogeymen do not hide in dreams—I know

 

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I'm sure I'm not the only one who experiences visitations in the night. :)  Thanks for reading. 
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I'll blame you, shall I, when I have night terrors based on your poem?   😱  Don't read horror stories of a certain sort before going to bed, perhaps ... Did you get back to sleep ? Not sure I would've done.  :hug:

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2 hours ago, ColumbusGuy said:

Shall we call you Edgar now, or HP?  Is this an avian premonition at my window, or some eldritch horror from stygian realms where chthonic spirits dwell....

One thing's for sure--do not eat spicy foods before bed, my dear!  :2thumbs:

LOL... good advice. And you can still call me G-Man, buddy. It's funny how scary dreams can linger, whereas happy ones dissipate quickly.  *shudder*  :P  Thanks for commenting, dear friend. :hug: 

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1 hour ago, northie said:

I'll blame you, shall I, when I have night terrors based on your poem?   😱  Don't read horror stories of a certain sort before going to bed, perhaps ... Did you get back to sleep ? Not sure I would've done.  :hug:

No, unfortunately, I did not. I tossed and turned till morn. Maybe it was the painkillers... or watching CNN before bed. :P  Thanks, northie... I appreciate you commenting, and I hope you don't get an unpleasant visitation of your own. :hug: 

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49 minutes ago, dughlas said:

If I dream of terrible things this night I'll come knock knock knocking at your door.

Call first please... I don't want to pee the bed at a knock knock knock in the middle of the night. :P   I wonder, do you get bad dreams with what you take for migraines?  I'm blaming my macabre twist on the painkillers for my shoulder. A real toss and turn night I had. Thanks for commenting, bro... :hug: 

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8 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Wow one bad dream I am betting:yes:

One that had me sitting up and sweating. The thing is, I finally didn't have to worry about raccoons coming through my blanket wall... thought I would sleep like a baby. :rolleyes:  Very creepy... it's been a while. Thanks for commenting, buddy. :hug: 

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Gary, I hope you will feel better soon. Shoulder injuries can be really painful.  The other night I had a very bad dream, I was so glad when I woke up that it was just a bad dream.
I liked your  Lyrical Lament.

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40 minutes ago, Job said:

Gary, I hope you will feel better soon. Shoulder injuries can be really painful.  The other night I had a very bad dream, I was so glad when I woke up that it was just a bad dream.
I liked your  Lyrical Lament.

Thank you, my friend. I'm pleased you liked this. It's not fun to wake up feeling frightened, especially when that feelings stays with you. I remember having bad dreams regularly, as a kid. I'll find out what is wrong with my shoulder on Monday, after an ultrasound and X-ray. Thanks for the good wishes and for commenting, Job. :hug: 

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9 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

That’s one bad dream :o

 

I was going to ask about the pain meds...

I no longer recall specifics of the dream... just the feeling of waking up freaked out. In truth, this was kind of fun to write... in a weird way. Thanks for commenting, B. :hug: 

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Been there, done that and wish it the last time. Unfortunately, my wishes don't come true. I hate the nightmares, but like you said I don't fear the boogey man.   Mine are often more weird than frightening.  I guess it's a good that things happening in the dream quickly fade when we wake up.  I can see how it was kind of fun to write this poem.  It's kind of like the HP world where picturing the feared Boggart in some comical costume or situation chases the it away. If I faced a boggart of Voldemort I would picture it like this. I figure you did this writing your poem.  Not so weird.

 

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6 hours ago, raven1 said:

Been there, done that and wish it the last time. Unfortunately, my wishes don't come true. I hate the nightmares, but like you said I don't fear the boogey man.   Mine are often more weird than frightening.  I guess it's a good that things happening in the dream quickly fade when we wake up.  I can see how it was kind of fun to write this poem.  It's kind of like the HP world where picturing the feared Boggart in some comical costume or situation chases the it away. If I faced a boggart of Voldemort I would picture it like this. I figure you did this writing your poem.  Not so weird.

 

Lol. That would work, I guess. :P  Nightmares peppered my nights as a child, with good reason. It is irksome when they show up as an adult, and that remembered fear resurfaces. Yeah, writing this poem was kind of fun, and I guess I'm thankful they are now just dreams and not based on any reality. :hug: 

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5 hours ago, Headstall said:

Lol. That would work, I guess. :P  Nightmares peppered my nights as a child, with good reason. It is irksome when they show up as an adult, and that remembered fear resurfaces. Yeah, writing this poem was kind of fun, and I guess I'm thankful they are now just dreams and not based on any reality. :hug: 

I am learning so much about you my friend from each poem I read. I am also thankful that these are only dreams now.  Take care.

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32 minutes ago, raven1 said:

I am learning so much about you my friend from each poem I read. I am also thankful that these are only dreams now.  Take care.

I suppose you are. I should just point out that "Lyrical Lamentations", as the name suggests, tends to be colored darkly, so keep that in mind, buddy. "Headstall's Reflections" and "Cozy Contemplations" shows a more balanced poet I think. :) But yeah, I can't write poetry that isn't honest, so if that exposes stuff that is uncomfortable, so be it. I had a great but flawed mother, and am thankful for her, but there is so much of my childhood that tested me because of damage done by my bio dad that spread throughout my entire family. I wouldn't wish it on any child, and maybe it is why I am the father I am. I tend to excuse things from those times in my everyday approach to life, but in poetry or in dreams, not so much. This journey I am taking with you, as hard as it is to revisit, is likely good for me, and I thank you for that. :hug: 

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