Night Shadows and Nightmares

Night shadows fall as

The sun sings his curtain-call

Eerily stalking in stark apparition.

Should be a time for peaceful reflection,

Soothing and still at the end of the day.

 

Soon eyes must close

As sleep is a requisite.

A full day tomorrow… must be refreshed.

Cannot be slave to inane inconveniences.

Won’t let clear nuisances get in the way.

 

But demons have other ideas and intentions.

They skulk in the background ready to pounce

At the first sign of slumber

Dredging up images,

Horrors, unthinkable, pulled from the past.

 

So long ago in a faraway place

Nightmares that time can never erase.  

One moment there, bright smiling face, then

Gone in an instant without a trace.

 

Oh, God, how long must this wicked night last?