Imaginary Enemies

Originally written February 2007

They attack from all sides,
there is no escape.
My mind is in overdrive,
keeping me awake.

My nightmares persist,
even with open eyes.
Can I ever hope to have,
what others call a normal life?

Sleep is poisoned,
with deceptive words.
I'm infected with venom,
for which there is no cure.

Heart beats faster and faster,
struggling to break free.
Why is it no one else fears,
the monsters that I see?

They're not real...

The seed of courage is planted,
with a bit of care it will grow.
These imaginary enemies,
will no longer have their hold.

Medication,
keeps them at bay.
Locked up in small cages,
where they can't get away.

I have no prescription,
I haven't been to the doctor.
There is only you,
and the protection you offer.

You have become my hero,
the conqueror of evil.
You've defeated my imaginary enemies,
and restored my power of will.

Your warmth chases back all shadows,
your kiss fills me with life.
I'll forever be your princess,
for as long as you're my knight.

The Dark Angel

Originally written sometime in 2006

Blood runs down delicate fingers,
crimson streams that keep getting deeper.

Porcelain skin turns pink from the pigment,
wings are broken, shattered, and bleeding.

The Dark Angel of Nightmares is no more,
her ashes now cover the blood-soaked floor.

Voices burst forth, engulfing her slayer,
"This cannot be, you must replace her."

The slayer's sight goes blurry, then perfectly clear.
Her touch no longer comforts, but fills friends with fear.

Wings of darkness beckon to fly,
the breeze they create causes flowers to die.
  
She gives in to her urges and takes to the sky,
in search of a dreamer to terrorize.

Did the slayer survive her very first kill?
Or did she herself, become another lost soul?

By trying to completely destroy what she feared the most,
she simply provided it with a new host.

For the Dark Angel never truly dies,
she lives forever within us, just waiting...
         ...for her chance to come outside.