DarkTaoAngel: Here's another poem, and I think this one fits Ren really well. I like it, though it is a little too dark. I'm proud of it, and I think it turned out nicely. It doesn't really have a meaning, but it took me about three days to finish, so please review! Shaman King is copyrighted by Hiroyuki Takei. This poem is copyrighted by DarkTaoAngel. No stealing!

Nightmare

It's the desolate silence that is in my dreams;

It's the unholy wasteland that lives when I scream.

Wherever I look it's the pain that I see;

It's here in my eyes – in my mind – it is me.

It's the low-creeping shadows that are following me;

I am haunted and blind, as I will always be.

The deep oceans drag me; I'm swimming alone;

I know no one will miss me if someday I'm gone.

I'm screaming inside, the blood filling my heart;

All the loneliness and pain is tearing me apart.

It's the hopes that are shattered every day I'm alive;

It's the fear I must face to forever survive.

It's the tears that unwillingly flow down my face;

It's the darkness that pulls me into nightmare's embrace.

It's the terror of losing another to pain;

The horror creeping upon me, slowly driving me insane.

The blood will not leave; the scars will not fade;

When I cry out for help, no one comes to my aid.

I'm losing my grip; I am slipping away;

They can't undo tomorrow what's happened today.

They cringe and they writhe as they fall to the floor;

If you watched loved ones die, would you be sane anymore?

It's torture I feel as I toss in my sleep;

But still I remain in my dark nightmare's keep.