Poetry Corner – Darkness
Darkness The darkness creeps in again As day changes to night An unstoppable phantom An all-encumbering blanket No light can make it bearable Just surrender and accept It is dark once again Until morning
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Poetry Corner – The Night
The Night I don’t want this night to end Floating in oblivion I want night to last forever Why must we wake up? It’s as if the night is there just to tease us Only a short reprieve from torturous day Dreams blind us from what awaits when we wake I want this night to stay and comfort me in its eternal blackness The sun’s beams like a monster peeking from behind the closet door Spend day waiting for night’s warm embrace Bringing comfort and protection from all that exists Anonymity at last But don’t let it fool you Night is day disguised Unveiling its true identity come dusk Falling asleep into an inviting void A dimension beyond our four Together we go interstellar The night doesn’t care about your successes or failures Good night Sleep tight
Poetry Corner – The Bear
The Bear by Cameron Brtnik (based on my girlfriend's dream 3/22/18) I had a dream, twas more like a 'mare I had a dream I was chased by a bear This big brown bear was chasing me It chased me until I ran up a tree I was safe there, at least for now There's no way in hell that I'm coming down Then the bear whipped out its claws Five sharp knives on large white paws It bared its fangs like sharpened blades And shook the tree until it gave Right then I jumped and made escape I looked behind me and saw its shape That's when the fear and dread arrived Don't think I'll make it out alive I ran and ran like rabbit game Inside my fears I had to tame I couldn't tell what's dream or real I thought I'd be the bear's next meal Frantic, panic, sweat and tears All my doubts, anxiety, fears Would I escape? I wasn't sure Next thing that happened was a blur I fell and stumbled, tried to reach high My heart was pounding, I felt it cry I tried to wake up, cried and moaned No one to wake me, all alone The bear bit down upon my head I let him eat me, sure I was dead Then suddenly, everything was fine No more fear, it was a sign From then on when the bear gave chase I stood my ground, stared face to face ….. Now don’t you see, I am the bear The one being chased, the one that's scared But now I can control it, see And tame the bear that lives in me
Poetry Corner – The Bear by Virginia Kyriakopoulos
The Bear by Virginia Kyriakopoulos
Based on my nightmare 3/22/2018 There is a brown bear living inside my head, the weight of its might sends my muscles into flight, a terror as terrestrial as the animal seizes all activity, I am running, no other part of me exists, just fear to make it out, one piece of flesh, I am just a piece coalesced in an aim to move up up up the tree where the trunk meets the branches, where the leaves kiss the wood, there far above the terrors of the forest, fear drips, mist hanging on to the veins of the foliage clinging on from the great storm, that sent the bear charging, like a ghost from the past...
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