nightmares

(first draft)

At night when I close my eyes to sleep

demons I thought were long ago buried deep

rise to the surface and cause me fright –

and I awake with shovel in hand at the morning light.

01/16/18

A.R.M.

 (revision)

At night when I lay me down and close my eyes to sleep,

demons arise that I thought were long ago buried deep.

They haunt me

and taunt me

and cause me such fright!

Then I awake at the ready, shovel in hand, at the dawn’s early light.

01/16/18

A.R.M.