Nightmare

Suddenly I began to
Fall fall.fall..falling
Spinning..crazily tossed
Like a discarded autumn leaf
Before a gush of wind..
I was falling deeper..deeper..into a
Dark, gloomy, desolate void ‘
Falling..falling..tumbling, twisting,
Plunging..deeper..deeper..deeper..
Helpless..helpless..

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Copyright 2007 Trevor W. Hampel

This poem was first published in my high school magazine in 1966.