The Nightmare Is Reality Poem by naomi deluca

You told me it was normal,
Okay to let you love me
I was young & mindless
Unaware of the phantasm you would soon cause me

You lead me into the dark world
One I had not known existed before,
Dirty and sickening now that I force myself to think it

Stripping me down to nothing
But flesh stroking my hair
Embracing my neck

These are the memories
I wish no one to endure
I've lived that night
Those years
Over & Over deep black memoirs
To difficult to suppress

You told me it was normal
Okay for one as old as you to love me in that manner
You should have known better than to lean on me
Cause now I'm up in the middle of the night

Can't breathe
Can't sleep

You lead me into an endless nightmare
That has become a horror filled reality
Setting you free from yours