Every Time I Close My Eyes

by C.J. Henderson

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 C.J. Henderson's website 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

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