I Am Nevermore

I Am Nevermore

By: J.D. Russell

Wandering the rooms of your home,

I wander, wander.

From the shadows I watch you slumber, slumber.

Your eyelids flutter and your lips mutter,

Incantations of a life hereafter.

My mouth whispers, Beware, beware,

Along with the tune of your beautiful nightmares.

Deep within the terrors,

You whisper my name.

I gasp. You laugh.

How do you know from where I came?

Fear and sadness, they do not betray,

They linger here day after day.

Never ceasing, you pray for peace,

But only I can give you relief.

Look in the mirror and you will see,

That I am you and you are me.

I am nobody,

I was somebody.

I am Nevermore.