Afraid to dream

Men are afraid to dream
Lest they fall
Into that abyss of darkness
They cannot get out of.
Children are afraid to sleep
Lest what lurks in that darkness
Steals their innocence.
The women cry
Hearts a-stolen
By That thief that creeps
In the night.
I lay awake
Silently screaming
Into the darkness
A nightmare
I cannot wake from.
A dream which lain
Like a trap.
I get ensnarled once again.
This trap,
I cannot escape.

Tbc....