Night Terrors

by joallover

Published March 19, 2014

Violence Mature Content

In Poetry

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Speaking desire

Ambling near

Paralyzing

Sensing fear

Uncontrolled

Feeling bold

Making intentions clear.

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When told to stop

He dares say no.

He can't resist her

Swaying to and fro.

Plunging further

With no resist to hurt her,

It’s all but a show.

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Now she’s his

Never shall she flee.

Bound by love,

If not the three.

They can’t be heard,

No care for the word,

Soon they will all see.

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She awakes with a cry,

Salty sweat on her brow.

With a sigh of relief

Mumbles ‘it’s over now’.

Perspiration and dread

With pounding in her head

Relaxes and sleeps somehow.

Comments & reviews · 3
TakeThatYouFiend wrote a review Review · Mar 30, 2014

Greetings my friend!
A couple of criticisms for this fine piece of poetry if I may.
The first concerns the title. I dislike slashes at anytime, but particularly so In titles. It is an opinion, yet I think it looks scruffy like you don't know quite what to call it. So after thinking of various conjunctions I would recommend "of". Certainly the rapid changes, sentence structure, line breaks and such remind me of dreams, specifically nightmares.
Secondly "cant" is missing an apostrophe. Simple error, no need to go on about it.
Hope this helps,
Take That You Fiend!

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Ibounce wrote a review Review · Mar 21, 2014

Like @Jaytao says, the beginning is a bit confusing. The way the rhyming pattern goes makes it a little hard to read. You might consider revising the line "now she's his" and "relax and sleeps somehow"
Other than that, I really like your poem. It is intense and unique, and with a few minor revisions it will be a masterpiece.

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Jaytao wrote a review Review · Mar 20, 2014

Wow. This is an intense poem that I really enjoyed. I don't mean to be a grammar nazi but there should be an apostrophe in "can't". I was a little confused as well in the beginning but that might just be me, not understanding poetry. All in all, it is well written and I hope to see more of your work in the future.



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