11-15-2025, 08:04 PM
The Waking Nightmare
Awake, to never dream.
A single flash—
A whole life passes.
Esoteric,
the weight of suffering.
Suffering
that shouldn’t be mine.
Glimpses of all that live,
burdensome.
scratching my face.
avoiding my sight.
I won't close my eyes again,
avoidance of what I've seen.
My signature explains my style. Yet I want to know if my wording is alright. If the depth of the layers holds true.
Awake, to never dream.
A single flash—
A whole life passes.
Esoteric,
the weight of suffering.
Suffering
that shouldn’t be mine.
Glimpses of all that live,
burdensome.
scratching my face.
avoiding my sight.
I won't close my eyes again,
avoidance of what I've seen.
My signature explains my style. Yet I want to know if my wording is alright. If the depth of the layers holds true.
I know that rhyme, rhythm, and meter are not academically standardized.
I am well aware of that, yet I primarily do free verse, and it's based on instinctual writing.
I try to avoid academic language or structure. My poems are not meant to convey a single answer.
I try to convey the unknown through minimalism, mostly dense short stanzas with many line breaks.
If you'd give a critique, please keep this in mind.
I am well aware of that, yet I primarily do free verse, and it's based on instinctual writing.
I try to avoid academic language or structure. My poems are not meant to convey a single answer.
I try to convey the unknown through minimalism, mostly dense short stanzas with many line breaks.
If you'd give a critique, please keep this in mind.