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[title] => straightjacket sleep
[time] => 2011-10-20 05:07:53
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[bodytext] => Bound by the shackles of sleep As venom crawls through my veins Drowning in the terrifying deep Dragged down by night’s black chains I sleep, but there’s no rest Another fight, but now I’m helpless I fail the most important test All I see, frightening and senseless Reality slides through my grasp The monsters are closing in Babbling voices a rusted rasp Bloody claw marks show where they’ve been My mind more twisted with each turn It seems there’s no way out Locked inside, I watch myself burn To this chaos, a slave devout Terror-trapped in a bloody rut The wounds they cause No simple paper cut Not easily fixed with gauze Darkness and horror: madness and strife A nightmare painting, shadows and gory light Running through hell to save my life My only option, a cliff’s edge flight Behind me, I can feel their breath I know I’ll never leave alive Either way lies certain death One last breath: I take the dive [comments] => 0 [counter] => 82 [topic] => 13 [informant] => ravenoktober [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => DarkPoetry )
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