Please stop these dreams.
Playing with my heart
My soul
They torment me night after night
I shake them off each morning
Only to find them again
More vivid
More real than the last
How can I rid myself of these tortuous dreams?
They refuse to become
a "dream deferred"
I cannot block them from my mind
Always they are there
Taunting me
Waiting for me

Do these dreams mean something?
Do they mean something I refuse to face?
Something I refuse to admit?
No
I know what I like
And especially what I don't like
My dreams
They have to be
They must be
Wrong
Each scene from them
Playing over and over in my head
Wrong, wrong, wrong!

Why am I having these dreams?
These terrible nightmares?
Why must they complicate my life?
Appearing everywhere
Showing signs of their presence
I won't give in to them
They are just dreams
Just dreams
They don't mean a thing
Or do they?

What happens to a dream deferred?
Will mine dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Should I let my dream die?
Wilting from abandonment
Or will it return again?
To stalk my sleep?
Should I let my dream die?
Or greet it?