Dreams and Nightmares

Dreams and Nightmares

~a group poem

Nightmares leave men of all kinds scared

Monsters with teeth bared

No dreams, just nightmares.

They say, “Chase your dreams,”

But why

If life isn't what it seems

My dreams involve heaven and hell

Death and jails

My dreams are complex paradoxes

Nightmares so deep

I ask myself

Why even try to sleep

In my nightmares

Screams and fights there

The fire burns bright there

I dream about me

I dream about my family

I dream about life

My dreams involve heaven and hell

Love and freedom

My dreams are an escape