The Nightmare Tree by Alealonna

Photography • Monochrome/Black and White • posted on Mar 28, 2009

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As I walk through dreams of fear I pray that bad things won't come near The promises you siad you'd keep Are always haunting in my sleep Your laughter, dark, keeps me awake You're evil grin quiet and fake And in the end when I dispair You throw me down without a care As death comes down in shattered glass We longingly remember past When times were not of fear and pain And hope was never just in vain So as I lay me down to sleep I pray the lord my soul to keep And if I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take

Comments (8)

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barryjeffer

6:53PM | Sat, 28 March 2009

Fantastic Poetry and a wonderful image to fit it... Dark dreams are the best, fear them never know that life goes on forever seth

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Faemike55

6:58PM | Sat, 28 March 2009

WOW! very powerful poem and excellent shot of the tree

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Osper

8:27PM | Sat, 28 March 2009

Nicely done match!

CaressingTheDark

12:19AM | Sun, 29 March 2009

Nice capture

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Iceshark39

7:50PM | Sun, 29 March 2009

Chilling prose and an image but both absolutely beautiful!

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anahata.c

12:12AM | Sat, 18 April 2009

your poem evokes the basic sense of fear of something looming over us in the dark; but you turn at end to the hope that we'll be raised into light no matter what happens (that simple, gentle folk prayer). A sensitive poem for your image. The image (beautiful) evokes great power to my eyes; the tree you show is filled with a power of its own, and because you capture the light of its trunk, and then take us into the upper branches where you captured highlights there too, you showed a lot of power in this tree in addition to its fearful presence. Your tones are almost silver-plate, you got a very finely graded silvery gray; and it actually gives a softness to your nightmare tree; and the intensified sky behind its trunk is quietly luminous. This is just my interpretation, but I'd say that the tree has the beauty and power to lift the nightmare & show that, even in its decay, it has much dignity and strength to offer its viewer. Just my feeling, for what it's worth. An evocative shot, and the clarity of the bark & complexity where it starts to branch out is beautiful.

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