Nightmare Beings – Written Saturday 6th March 1993 (Aged 18)

Nightmare Beings

Living lives high,
out in the cold place.
Frost‑bound gazes
and all‑knowing stares—
a windy night,
with nightmares
of familiar lands.
It feels as though
they have been
to the dark world and back.
Impish beings
and worn‑out memories
climb your subconscious,
seeking escape.
A forgotten realm,
its castle lost to the child,
an ancient kingdom
just beyond the horizon,
the one everyone could see.
But all was not well—
the night the mighty kingdom fell.
The sea swelled,
turned monstrous,
and no soul remained
to share the tale.
Now banished
to the cold place,
without pride
and without face.
Reincarnated descendants
of a seedless race
litter the earth.
Laying dormant,
shadows in the unknown mind,
they rise as nightmares
blown into the night.
Their past—
your deepest fear.
Love for them
will call forth sacred tears,
as they live out
their lonely years

James Garratt – Saturday 6th March 1993

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