Day: May 16, 2022

In my nightmares I lose my teeth and run from people who left me years ago.

It is tragedy after tragedy, lost moments and memories that feel like vertigo.

I sip champagne from ice glasses and slay the men who trapped my flesh,

And as soon as I awake, the deep wounds I once healed feel raw and fresh.

In my nightmares the people who stayed are swept away by terrible hurricanes,

But in my dreams I get to meet some people who will never learn my name.

I hang from windows of old buildings and scream until my lungs are wrecked,

Then fall to the ground just to wake up in my own bed, drenched in cold sweat.

In my nightmares I follow creatures down the paths I choose to never take.

If they keep it between us, nobody has to know what happened by the lake.

I walk on the frozen surface until I see the cracks spreading around me…

Because in my nightmares nobody else but me can finally drown me.

-Jackie