Nightmare (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
All my nightmares now are you
There is no other person, thing, or creature
That can so chill my blood
Rend the very beat from my heart
Make me sick, to my soul
At the very thought
Of crossing your path
You have left me with this malaise
This may well have been
Your intent; you were the master
Of manipulation, drove you like an art form
From your cloying, dark little soul
You are a terrible vengeance, as yet untaken
And never, ever deserved
I was your victim, after all, not the other way round
Though you may not see it as such
Even now
I should have known when our eyes met
You could be
My nemesis
Or at least, forevermore
My nightmares
All my nightmares now are you….
This is my contribution to mindlovemisery’s prompt – fear – on her blog http://mindlovemisery.wordpress.com
Check out her writing, it’s incredible. 🙂
(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
helenvalentina 
You did it perfectly Helen =) I have had dreams about incubuses myself scary stuff! This is wonderful I love you writing!
Did that mean it connected properly in your post to your prompt etc? I hope so!! And thank you, yes, incubi are very poweful allegories for damaging relationships of all sorts I find! 🙂
They really are I agree. I don’t think Mister Linky can link back to me (I saw you had though in your post thanks) I am not sure but it worked as I expected lol
ah the incubus and sucubus , those horny lil devils
Yes…great description!! 🙂 🙂
I tend to have this sort of effect on people.
LOL! Well you just tend to make me laugh hysterically, your comments are always hilarious! 🙂 🙂
Love the incubus and succubus theme. The poem is pretty chilling
Thanks Charles!! 🙂 🙂
ugh how those relationships stick with us…become the things of our nightmares…you are a terrible vengence…for sure…well played…and nice tension…
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
Pretty gripping. Left me afraid and glad at the same time. (Afraid of those emotions and glad I did not cause them…right?)
Thanks – no, you didn’t cause them, LOL! 🙂
Oh the night is such a tormentor to those of us “burned by the sun” of love.
Very true…thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
“a terrible vengeance.” GENIUS! Love it.
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
deliciously dark sis… 😉
Thanks so much Roxi! 🙂
Gripping! I love the way it’s about something or some *thing* spiritual but you don’t say what. Atmosphere and elusiveness makes this poem … so good.
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
A well-written response to the prompt.
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
Nicely done! Very chilling write!
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
Whew, this is very chilling. Some people just stay with you whether you wish them to or not….visiting from mindlovemisery.
http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2013/05/fears.html
Thanks so much, very true, some people truly haunt you,even when they have left your life in reality. 🙂
This is a wonderful contrasting point of view to the raft of heartbroken guy poems that tend to gravitate to the surface! It was well felt and well rendered!
Thanks so much, really appreciate your kind words! 🙂
Whew, very intense, I’m glad it’s morning here, if I read this before bed I would have trouble sleeping, great job.
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
Wow! Nicely done!! I have met him, I am quite sure.
Thank you – sorry to hear you’ve met this type of person too….seems there are a lot of this kind of person around unfortunately! As a writer you will know how great it is that readers relate to your work, but in this case I can’t help but feel for anyone else who has had to come across someone like this!! 🙂
Once again, I must confess, I am awestruck by your writing, and I relate to this piece on a very personal level. Beautifully done!
Thank you so much – in a way I’m sorry to hear you relate to it, only because it means you’ve had someone like this in your life, which I wouldn’t wish on anyone. But thank you for your kind words! 🙂
Oh very well done – I have met him too!
(Messed my link up – please see http://hypercryptical.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-promise.html)
Anna :o]
Thanks, and I’m sorry to hear you’ve come across someone similar! Loved your poem by the way! 🙂
Oh boy were you there when I met him? lol Wonderful!
LOL…I just think this proves there are quite a few ‘problem people’ out there! I’m sorry you had to run into one too!! 🙂
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I like this. How foolishly we invite and craft our own fears. 🙂
Very true, thank you!!! 🙂 🙂
psychologically very powerful and dark, like an edgar allen poe piece, very nice 🙂
Thank you, that is very high praise indeed, I am very touched!! 🙂 🙂