Scream

In my head there’s a river

Tranquil one moment

Turbulent the next

In my heart there’s a nest

Of sparrows singing, soothing

Then the fight begins

And sanity is lost forever

I lay down twisting and turning

Trying to sleep with eyes wide open

I’m dreaming in short sequences

Terrible crazy dreams

In my mind I see visions

Of bodies tortured, mangled

I hear them scream

And I scream with them

In the morning, the sounds

In my head don’t leave me

I carry them with me

My cross, my salvation