Nightmares

As I lie awake, in the dead of night
The deepest of thoughts,
A minds restless plight
Toss and turn, go round about
Slip inside unconscious doubt

Lurking shadows, between desolate hearts
The fading hopes of your silent parts
To each his own, this midnight view
Comes hell to visit,
A soul askew

I looked to love,
Her unrequited cry
Let me know, what I tried to deny
This state of love, fallen from grace
Where home just seems,
Like an empty space

Tell, of love so true
When the dead of night is a comfort too
Where arms of darkness,
Cloaked in black
Reflect the light of my lover's back

And in the pale, I sense the plight
Of desperate thoughts, in the dead of night
Where they roam,
To pass on through
In the stillness,

Of thoughts unspoken
And askew…………