Challenge
Dream Killers
As a parent, I watched my older two children's dreams die. As an individual, I'm not sure I ever gave my dream a real chance to live. Tell me about the dream killers you've encountered. No constraints to form or length. This is the first challenge I am posting so here goes!
d r e a m s
hopefully i close my eyes to escape to my reality,
but it follows me and lacerates my dreams.
sickly blood flowing subconscious,
pinpricks in my dreams.
turned black and frightening with dead cold eyes,
the broken structure of my dreams.