IN THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR
ONE CAN DROWN IN TEARS THERE
SEEMINGLY UNAWARE
THAT IT'S BEST TO BEWARE
OF THE WAY WE COMPARE
ALL THAT OTHERS DECLARE
THAT THEY DARE CARE TO SHARE
LIVING IN THEIR NIGHTMARE
Author's Notes/Comments:
WROTE THIS WATCHING THE MOVIE FRANCES WITH JESSICA LANGE PLAYING FRANCES FARMER...HER LIFE WAS A NIGHMARE...EMPATHISING WITH WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH...
I ALSO REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET...MY SISTER LENT ME HER VHS COPY OF IT. IT FELT LIKE I COULD NOT SLEEP FOR WEEKS AFTER SEEING THAT MOVIE...IT HIT TOO CLOSE TO HOME LIKE BEING IN A NIGHTMARE YOU CAN'T WAKE UP FROM WITH REAL LIFE CONSEQUENCES...I STILL HAVE INSOMNIA BUT NOT SURE IF THAT IS WHAT STARTED IT OR NOT...I WOULD HAVE DREAMS WHERE I REALIZED I WAS DREAMING AND TRIED TO WAKE MYSELF UP FROM IT AND IN THE DREAM I WOKE UP BUT IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN SO THAT MOVIE WAS TOO RELATABLE TO ME....IMAGINATION CAN CARRY YOU AWAY SOMETIMES...ONCE I WALKED PAST A RECORD STORE THAT HAD A CARDBOARD CUT OUT OF FREDDIE KRUEGER AND I JUMPED...I NORMALLY DON'T STARTLE EASILY.MY FRIEND SAID ARE YOU OK....AND I SAID NO....TOTAL FREAK OUT. THESE DAZE I DON'T HAVE THAT REACTION ANYMORE SO I GOT OVER IT EVENTUALLY.
