Mom I Had A Nightmare
i dream of love
not that of a partner
but that of a mother
i dream of her looking at me
with an emotion other than
hate or disappointment
i dream to look at her
with an emotion other than
hate or disappointment
so i sleep my life away
and maybe because
sleep is the mother of dreams
i hope someday my dreams
of a caring mother
are made true
and maybe because
sleep is the cousin of death
i hope someday my dreams
of dying before her
are fulfilled
Last night i had a nightmare
that when i looked in the mirror
i saw my mother
and i didn’t know
if i hated her
or if i hated myself
sometimes
I don’t know
if there’s a difference
Because when i wake up
my arms wrap around
my body
in effort to keep me
on my bed
and not in her doorway
saying softly
Mom I Had A Nightmare
About this poem
Teen daughter struggles to accept that she will never have the relationship she wants with her mother.
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Written on September 19, 2023
Submitted by la.lluvia.1226 on September 20, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaa bCD aCD eFgGax FxGax haaiaxxix xxbbxebh |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 782 |
Words | 169 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 6, 5, 9, 8 |
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