Nightmare

Wading

wandering

lost

grey mimosa of pain

sorrow

death

desperation

never sure where this road will end.

Cobblestones

painted black with blood

cracked

fractured

tripping

dragging down those caught in its net.

I seek

anything that will indicate

where I am lost

how I can be found

only to discover more pain

mouths opened in silent screams.

Forest of hanging bodies

notes

pinned to rotted flesh.

Indication of the sins they were convicted of.

I begin to feel fear

to feel wrong

this is not a world

in which I belong.

Lackluster.

Broken down

stripped to the the bone

crumple to my knees in agony.

Talons pierce my skull

dragging me upwards

towards the tower of anguish

hope fleeing

mouth screaming

there is no escape

no way out

of this nightmare I have dreamed.

©April 27/19

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