I wake
I'm startled
wide eyed
where I am
for God's sake
these nightmares
demons chortle
what a vast place
full of traps and hurdles
sleep's dreamland space
take love for instance
some hope we want
but dope reality
maintains resistance
mountains and canyons
dreamland's speciality
how daunting
like joy's last breath
those hurts we feel
stabbed through the heart
memories keep haunting me
through a wanting dark
that place where sun won't shine
my sanity is at stake
while I drift and dream
as I sublimely divine
but when death
comes to take my hand
end a present nightmare
I sink further
into prescient sleep
more dreaming so I dare
this resting lasting place
where sometimes
I wake to stand
still wondering who I am
wonder why love can't stay
still I dream light if I can
pondering just what
haunting love might say

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