Set Me Free

(A message to my imagination, written at 4am):

 

Set me free from these nightmares

So my torment can end

I know they are preparing me

For when the sun descends

 

But do I really need to remember them?

 

Night after night

No rest for the wicked

This Nightmare Disorder

Means my dreams are so vivid

 

Don't bother me later,

Don't bother me now

Please let me just rest

When I lay my head down

 

So disturbed by the images,
Exhaustingly intense

So much confusion,

They so rarely make sense

 

Scared from their threats,

Their disturbing scenes

Like the most horrific movies

I'd never want to see

 

Imagination, please leave me

(Just not during the day!)

I've had more than enough,

Please nightmares go away!

 

I need you when I draw,

When I photograph and read

You help me to create beautiful things

For the world to stop and see

 

But tonight I need you to please set me free

Tonight, the night after, and the night after that

I desperately need restful sleep

Or at least let me peacefully nap!

 

I won't ask for much more,

I just want this one wish

So my sleep time can once again

Be time that I cherish