"Nightmare" by Amy Our Lady Of Sorrows School City of St. Louis, MO Read the poems of every 2015 winner at www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing. We provide free school-based poetry contests to every 7th grade student, in every type of school, in every community.
"Nightmare"
Amy
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School
St. Louis City, MO
In my dreams, as I scarcely remember,
Dark and scary like the ember,
Making my body shift and shake,
The thought of sleep keeps me awake.
As I start to drift, horror haunts.
As my eyes fall closed, terror taunts.
Sleep dares me to come closer,
But I run to a world past yonder.
Visions of death and blood are shocking,
Like a ball that is attacking.
What goes on in my mind
When the monsters come and I try to hide?
Dreams of a world likely to come,
A world of war and blood and guns.
This dream I dream is no life to endure,
But when horror knocks, we open the door.
In my dreams, as I scarcely remember,
Dark and scary like the ember,
Making my body shift and shake,
Oh no, you’ve come. It’s too late.