Every Time I Close My Eyes
Previously published in The Book of Dark Wisdom [# 6, Spring 2005]
Every time I close my eyes,
I see a fabulous expanse,
A’stretched before me across the world,
As big as the sky and all that.
Every time I close my eyes,
I gaze into this blue beyond,
Big and alien, harkening to me,
And I wonder where I am.
Every time I close my eyes,
I see the same haunting fear, coming faster and faster,
With every blink and tear,
As I pray for the sleep that I’m denied.
Every time I close my eyes,
The searching eye grows ever closer,
And I fear it shall soon have me,
And I wonder how I’ll taste ...
Every time I close my eyes ...
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C.J. Henderson 
is the creator of the Jack Hagee hardboiled PI series and the Teddy London supernatural detective series as well as the author of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies, Black Sabbath: the Ozzy Osborne Years, and far too many others to mention here. He has written over 50 books and novels, hundreds of short stories and comics, thousands of non-fiction pieces
Other works by C.J. Henderson
- August 29th, 2009: Closing Costs
- July 16th, 2009: The Buzzing of Flies
- November 12th, 2009: Granny Gumption Solves a Murder
- November 13th, 2009: The Return of Granny Gumption
- August 4th, 2009: A Patch of Grass
- December 21st, 2009: Hope
- October 24th, 2009: The Horror
- September 19th, 2009: The Longest Pleasure
- September 6th, 2009: The Saviors of Society
- June 14th, 2009: That’s the One