Nightmare

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Fall, Fall, Fall away.
Fall, Fall into yesterday.

Sleep, Sleep, tonight you sleep.
Till Dawn awakens you, don't say a peep.

Wake, Wake in the night.
Breathe, Breathe to calm your fright.

Remember, Remember where you are.
Don't, Don't go so far.

Dream, Dream a peaceful dream.
Scream, Scream a dreadful scream.

Spinning, Spinning out of control.
Save me, Save me before I fall.

Falling, Falling, Falling away.
Falling, Falling into today.
"the beauty of words. They can be many different things to many different people. It's all in how we listen. Or how we read." - Lyrical Inspiration (authors note) of Enemies and Playmates by Darcia Helle

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Good use of repetition. I did not find it too overwhelming because it seemed to have a purpose for dramatic effect. My only issue would be the first verse,

Fall, Fall, Fall away.
Fall, Fall into yesterday.


Perhaps removing one "Fall" in the second line would help the sound structure as when I read it to myself it stumbled me right from the start based on the syllables and how it would sound otherwise.

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Are you trying to imitate a stutter?
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I like how the title makes sense when paired with the poem. However I am not so much of a fan with the repetition style. Firstly it seems like your writing in a stutter, and secondly it can just be straight out annoying reading the same word all the time. Any way I thought it was okay but could be better. Keep Writing :D
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I wasn't really trying to imitate anything. It just came to me one day and I built on it.
"the beauty of words. They can be many different things to many different people. It's all in how we listen. Or how we read." - Lyrical Inspiration (authors note) of Enemies and Playmates by Darcia Helle

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I think that this is awesome - I just love it and there's nothing wrong with it. And anyway, this kind of repetition would look great in a song! Can you sing? ;)
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It was suppose to be a nursery rhyme at first but I thought that it was a little to...... odd? to be one. You probably could sing it ;)
"the beauty of words. They can be many different things to many different people. It's all in how we listen. Or how we read." - Lyrical Inspiration (authors note) of Enemies and Playmates by Darcia Helle

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Hewwu again ^-^
First off, I absolutely love how at the beginning you write: “Fall, Fall, Fall away. Fall, Fall into “yesterday.”
And when it’s closing, it reads: “Falling, Falling, Falling away. Falling, Falling into “today.”
Creative ;)
How do I compliant without sounding like a kiss-butt? Heheh XD
I appreciate writing like this. It has a dark edge to it, but in a good way. (Its titled: "Nightmare", so I guess you were going for something like that lol)

“Wake, Wake in the night.
Breathe, Breathe to calm your fright:

Dream, Dream a peaceful dream.
Scream, Scream a dreadful scream.”

Basically, I love it ^-^ And I don’t say that lightly.

liVe lOnG aNd PrOsPeR—cHaRaDe <3
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Basically... I was gonna say exactely what "Charade" said...
Loved how you bound the first and second stanzas together!

My favorite lines were;

“Wake, Wake in the night.
Breathe, Breathe to calm your fright:

Dream, Dream a peaceful dream.
Scream, Scream a dreadful scream.”

So.. that's what "Charade" said, and that's where I agree. But I do have some other things to say aswell!
I think the rythm and flow worked pretty well for the better part of this and I don't find anything in particular that should be changed when it comes to that. You've used good punctation so that's great and ehm.. well I have one little nitpick.. or rather personal opinion;

"Remember, Remember where you are.
Don't, Don't go so far." - Here I think it would sound better if you wrote "too far" instead of "so far".

Well, that was it for me. Overall it was quite amazing and I like your style of writing very much! 3½/5 spiders to you!

Good Luck & Keep Writing

// Demoness
"Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice." - Robert Frost



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