My Recurring Childhood Dream-Thunderduck’s Challenge

My recurring dream would make me scream

Though I haven’t had it for years

It was creepy and scary and made me quite wary

And sometimes would leave me in tears

In the dark of the night, way before the daylight

A nightmare would brew in my head

In my dream I’d awake, a discovery make

There were spiders all over my bed

An adrenalin rush, through my body would gush

And awaken me, scared, from my sleep

Then lo and behold as the truth would unfold

Reality made my heart leap

Brown spiders were packed as mesh back to back

My blanket they had become

I could see them moving, consequently proving

My safety was diminishing some

I'd scream into the night, creating a fright

As my dad would rush to my aid

He’d ask “what’s the matter and why all the chatter”

“It’s spiders and I am afraid”

He’d not turn on the light, just speak free in the night

That no spiders did hide in my bed

“Now go back to sleep and don’t utter a peep

Your imagination is ruling your head”

Thank gawd that the sheet, the spiders did keep

Away from my body and face

When the morning did dawn I’d wake with a yawn

Not a spider I'd find in the place

Sherry Gail Heim

March 31, 2005

Copyright © Sherry Gail Heim 2005