A predator in my sleep
Luis Sylvestre Torres 1980 (Springfield,mass)
This beast.
I could not move nor breathe the least.
Under a cover frozen with fear my conscience fought the trembling for it will find me then.
And do what really?
All I realize is people are subdued somehow fatally.
It's dark shape is snarling and the heat seeking vision is almost to give into.
Is there escape?
I must hide and cover my body heat, be still and remain stiff silent for it is always lurking.
This world is hunted by it completely.
There are only small amounts of sunshine in this world that I dream.
Grey cloud dreary.
This thing is trying to keep me.
About this poem
Another poem about nightmares.
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Written on September 30, 2021
Submitted by Sylvestre on September 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXB BXXX BXBB |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 557 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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