Dread /dred/
noun - great fear or anxiety that something bad or unpleasant will happen…
verb - to be seized or arrested by fear or anxiety for an unpleasant circumstance
When I was younger, it felt like i could change reality if i dreamed hard enough,
At night, as i drift to sleep beneath the glow of liquid crystal,
My thoughts would culture and bead,
rolling from my eyes into the ocean of stars
And somewhere among those shining isles,
a pearl would drop,
And offer an escape from this isolation.
Even as the earth splits open to spit back my desires,
even as the storm batters my flesh,
the ocean rocks me in my sleep,
deep below the surface.
It forces another tear from me, another desire
And from that holy pearl,
a prayer whispered,
"are you still watching?"
