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nightmares (song)

by Quinn Vokes

I
Know a girl
Who’s pretty
As she can be

Her name
Is Betty
But she wants
To be called Lee

She wants
A better life
She’s tired of living
On the streets

She wants
Someone at night
To hold her
When she screams

****************

OH!
To have a family
That care
About her

OH!
To have anyone at all
So she’s not so lonely
And alone

****************

There’s
A little boy
Who’s not as little
As he seems

He lies
Awake at night
Wishing he
Felt more alive

The boy
Is surrounded
With friends
And family

So why then
Does he feel
Like the walls
Are closing in?

***************

The boy
Doesn’t understand
Why the world
Is so cruel

The boy
Hates everyone
For liking him
Like they do

***************

CHORUS
*And the nightmares come – quickly
And the nightmares come fast
You can’t outrun the devil
When your hands and feet are clasped
When your hands and feet are clasped*

***************

The girl
Sees the boy
Leave his home
On Christmas Eve

She waits
And then she follows him
And where he leads
She can’t believe

He’s on
The Brooklyn Bridge
With a sad smile
On his face

She screams
Bloody murder
As he jumps –
There goes the boy

*****************

CHORUS

*Voice doodad*

*****************

The girl
Knows what she must do
But she’s afraid
So afraid

She takes
Her knife and admires it
The blood running down
Her arms

The girl can’t live with the nightmares anymore
The boy’s face invades her dreams
No one will miss me when I’m gone
Her vision blurs – And she falls to the ground

CHORUS x2

01/15/2003

Posted on 01/15/2003
Copyright © 2024 Quinn Vokes

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 11/29/06 at 11:54 PM

Enjoyed this, thanks for the read!

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