**I wrote a poem based off lyrics from the song “Nightmare” by From Ashes To New.**

I let you in

_(A grave mistake…)_,

You sunk your knife

So deep under my skin

_(So, so deep…)_

And cut my heart

_(Where love_

_Used to reside…_

_Until my heart_

_Died…)_

From me!

__

_I no longer feel_

_Any form of_

_Sympathy!_

Where

Did you go

_(This…_

_This isn’t you…)_?

Where’s the person

You used to be

_(I don’t know_

_What you are_

_Anymore…)_?

I don’t know

You

And you don’t know

Me.

__

_We used to_

_Know…_

You’re all alone

_(Even I left…)_

And you

Only refuse to see

Why people left you,

People you loved,

People you were loved by,

People like me.

Let me

Show you

What you can’t

Show me…

A sense of

Humanity.

I will

Erase

The nightmare you became,

Because no, to kill

Is your race,

Your game.

It comes in

Waves

_(Fear, anxiety…_

_Worry, stress…_

_Sadness…_

_Anger…)_,

You’re everything I hate

_(A liar,_

_A cheater,_

_A killer…)_

__

_A nightmare._

You try to

Drag me down

To your

Sickeningly low level,

But I resist.

I’ll cut you out

If not just

My life,

But out of

My heart

Too,

And now…

I will

Erase

The nightmare you became…

__

_NIGHTMARE!_

__

_You’re in my head,_

_Buried so deep inside,_

_You want me dead,_

_But I feel so alive!_

Look at you

Now that there’s

Nowhere

For you to run,

With a sinister smile,

I say

“This is gonna be

Fun!”

I

Cut you out

Now the

Pain

And the

Strain

Are gone.

I had my doubts

_(About you…)_

When it

_(Us…)_

Started to come

Undone,

Unraveling like

A ball of yarn.

You fucked around

_(Behind my_

_Back…)_

And you

Broke my

Trust!

I will

Erase

The nightmare you became,

Because now, to kill

Is your race,

Your game.

It comes in

Waves

(Fear, anxiety…

Worry, stress…

Sadness…

Anger…),

You’re everything I hate

(A liar,

A cheater,

A killer…).

You try to

Drag me down

But you’re too

Weak.

I’ll cut you out

Of not just

My life,

But out of

My heart

Too,

And now…

I will

Erase

The nightmare you became…

_NIGHTMARE!_

Now

I lay me

Down to sleep…

But is it really

Sleep

If I’m

Wide awake?

_You’re the devil_

_In my dreams…_

I swear to god

_(And everyone else)_,

I will

Erase

The nightmare you became…

Now

I lay me

Down to sleep…

But I can’t

Sleep.

__

_You’re the devil_

_In my dreams…_

I swear to god

_(This time,_

_God is praying to me…)_,

I will

Erase

The nightmare you became!

_Fuck…_

I will

Erase

The nightmare you became,

Because now, to kill

Is your race,

Your game.

It comes in

Waves

_(Fear, anxiety…_

_Worry, stress…_

_Sadness… _

_Anger…)_,

You’re everything I hate

_(A liar,_

_A cheater,_

_A killer…)_.

You try to

Drags me down,

But I know

You can’t…

_(You’re not real…)_

You’re just a

Nightmare.

I’ll cut you out

Of not just

My life,

But out of

My heart

Too,

And now…

I will

Erase

The nightmare you became…

_NIGHTMARE!!_