I SHUT MY EYES .....

I shut my eyes, an image comes
An image comes unbidden,
Pictures play inside my mind
Of things I wish were hidden.

I sense a brooding presence
Within its darksome hole,
For now it feeds my terror
It will soon feed on my soul.

This horror in the shadows
In ceaseless vigil waits,
I fear it is the guardian
Of Satan's hellish gates.

Yet I am no sinner
I've done no evil deeds,
I've placed no foot upon the path
Which to damnation leads.

I live quietly 'mongst my fellows
Doing harm to none,
I'm sure my night-time terrors
Aren't caused by ought I've done.

Yet why am I so certain
My dreams from Hell are sent?
How can I seek forgiveness
If I've nothing to repent?

Each night when I shut my eyes
The beast draws ever near,
The rasping of its fetid breath
I can already hear.

My eyes slip shut, I must not sleep
Six nights I've stayed awake,
Satan's beast is waiting
My soul at last to take.
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His eyes are shut, no image comes
Alas none ever will,
Beware the beast who prowls your dreams
The fear he brings can kill.

COPYRIGHT D M PAMMENT 2009