Darkness and dreams had held the night in thrall,
A realm where shadows whispered, devouring all.
Through endless voids, where fear took root,
The path was lost beneath each haunting foot.
The moon’s dim light, swallowed by dreams,
Faltered under darkness’s ruthless schemes.
Dreams, like phantoms, twisted through the air,
Filling cursed streets with cold despair.
Beneath a sky where nightmares reigned,
The ink-stained sea had swallowed all in vain.
Dreams surged like tides in an eerie dance,
Drawing all into a deep, shadowed trance.
A tower had loomed, wrapped in endless night,
Where dreams turned dark and extinguished all light.
Hope had become a fleeting gleam,
Swallowed whole by a dream’s dark scream.
Stars, once bright, had been shrouded in gloom,
Flickering like dreams caught in an endless doom.
In the darkness, the voids had whispered low,
Of secrets, the dreamworld wished to show.
Shadows had gathered, thick as fears,
Spinning dreams, entwining years.
Darkness, a shroud that wouldn’t lift,
Had carried dreams in an endless drift.
Dreams of escape had faltered and bent,
Crushed beneath darkness’s cruel descent.
A realm of sleep where none could flee,
As dreams became a cold reality.
The iron gate had gleamed, a portal to dread,
Guarded by dreams of the nameless dead.
In the depths, darkness had claimed its throne,
Where dreams of light were overthrown.
Freedom had vanished, consumed by night,
As dreams, unrelenting, had held their might.
No dawn, no hope, no distant gleam,
Only the endless dark and dream.
Darkness and dreams, forever entwined,
Had woven a prison around the mind.
A soul, once free, had been lost to the dimness,
Bound to dreams, never coming back.
Thus, in shadows where nightmares slept,
Darkness and dreams in silence crept.
In endless night, the fate had been sealed,
Where darkness and dreams were forever revealed.
In shadows deep, where nightmares gleamed,
Darkness and dreams had reigned supreme.
Esther Elizabeth Racah
