I see vengeance in your eyes
I can feel the burning of your anger
you have so much on your mind
but all I can say
is please stay away
I don't know how this gives you power
to stand so brave over all my pains,
I don't know how to succeed
when all you do is give me darken dreams
your voice whirling around in my mind
day and night
most of the time
the old autumn wind
speaks to me time and again,
I get into my bathtub just to feel
the warmth of the water
Oh, how my body felt so cold
but now I'm starting to get warm
Life is on my side
death is always near
holding so much fear,
this old griffin legged tubs
holds so much love in my tub
I close my eyes
but just then I start to cry
praying you would get out of my mind
I almost have fallen asleep
but my spirit started to sing,
I open my eyes
looked at my bathroom door
I thought I heard a knock
so I got up out of the warmth of my tub
just to find emptiness
the hollowness of cold sadness
moving over me
something dark,
I see my bed
I lye down in it
a slumped my head down
upon my cold pillow
and gone off to sleep
oh, here comes to another painful darken dream.


Judy Emery © 1980
The Queen Of Darken Dreams Poetic Judy Emery