Troubled Minds

I close my eyes and ease my troubled mind, let the familiar blackness consume
And as I fall from cliffs so high, I have accepted impending doom
I dream for a source of life-someone or something to help me through this fight
Floating, falling, I now surrender to eternal night
Scared by things I cannot see
Mind open and eyes closed
I now realize I fear no foes
Life is good, and dreams are great
But sometimes I’m drowning in the dreams I hate
They tear me down and make me cry
I wonder why this happens to me, I sigh
Screaming, I wake myself from this nightmare
Maybe I’m making this seem like nothing more than a little scare
Learning that it’s real life
Is like being stabbed in the back with a knife
I fear death and to never see day
There’s so much more I have to say
But waking up I now see there is nothing to fear
Things that were so very far now seem so near
Sunshine and bright skies take me to a happy place
Yet once again those nightmares haunt me, face to face
Will I ever be able to escape my haunted past
I wake at last