I fear to sleep for dreams may come <br /> which force me to relive again. <br />Dark memories which aren’t welcome. <br />Such dreams can drive a man insane. <br />Things I have done which I regret. <br />Long years ago and far away. <br /> Some things it’s better to forget <br />Spring forth to haunt me still today. <br /> <br />Sometimes you do not have a choice. <br />No time to think you just react. <br />You pull the trigger and rejoice <br />that you shot first and that’s a fact. <br />You have shot dead some innocent <br />mistaken for an enemy. <br />It’s just another incident <br /> embedded in your memory. <br /> <br />I’m tired and I fain would rest <br />but peace of mind’s denied to me. <br />Such recollections deep imprest <br />can’t be erased from memory. <br />Odd times I can sleep peacefully <br /> with no bad dreams to cause distress. <br /> I fall asleep eventually <br />Anaesthetised by weariness.<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-dreams-may-come-5/
