Nightmare
I walked along the boulevard,
But everything looked strange.
The traffic lights were stuck on red,
With voices out of range.
I dreamed that I was dreaming,
And woke to find the truth:
An everlasting nightmare
Had robbed me of my youth.
I had no shoes upon my feet
And all my clothes were rags.
I carried nothing with me
But empty shopping bags.
The trees along the boulevard
Had eyes that stared at me.
It seemed like they were witnesses
To things I could not see.
Then suddenly the scene was gone,
And I was in my bed.
But still those crazy images
Were dancing in my head.
I'll walk that boulevard again;
I know it's meant to be.
A dream within a dream,
Forever haunting me!
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Copyright © Robert Haigh 2017
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on July 13, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 134 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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