ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
A collection of my work from circa 1995 to the present. Some dark and deep, others bright and cheerful. [December 2014]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (63) Asylum Of My Soul (Poetry) Nowhere to go. [36 words] Blanket Of Trust (Poetry) Take my secret to your grave [59 words] Blood Game (Songs) A lyrical taste of the hunt created solely for a friend's upcoming novel. [139 words] [Horror] Broken Halo (Songs) An angel falls from her sky [182 words] Bryna (Poetry) Saying goodbye to my mom [131 words] Columbian Necktie (Songs) When you've said one too many things to piss someone off...someone writes a heavy metal song about you. [99 words] [Horror] Dark Wave (Poetry) Exorcising demons of the past [113 words] Deliverance (Poetry) Lingering thoughts and images of something I cannot recall. [97 words] Denial (Poetry) Forbidden love [191 words] Downtown: Coney Island Footlong (Poetry) Part four of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [635 words] Downtown: Do You Have A Quarter? (Poetry) Part one of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [315 words] Downtown: Mr. O.D.C. Preacher (Poetry) Part three of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [261 words] Downtown: One Eye (Poetry) Part two of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [223 words] Dreamscape: The Thirst (Poetry) It even happens in your dreams. [77 words] Echoes In My Head (Poetry) Laying in bed on December 24th. [61 words] [Drama] Eternal Desire (Poetry) A vampire will stop at nothing to claim his bride and grant her immortality. [84 words] Ever And Ever (Songs) Just another heavy guitar and deep baseline type of song on the subject of immortality. [127 words] Faceless (Songs) The rise to the top can end abruptly. [116 words] Feels Like Forever (Poetry) Sometimes you miss someone, if even for a day, and it feels like forever. [66 words] [Romance] Here Alone (Songs) Sometimes you never see it coming [104 words] I Keep On Falling For You (Songs) Just found it and others in a folder tagged "1993 Work" [142 words] I Need (Poetry) This is a song about never really knowing what you had until it's gone. [124 words] I Own You (Poetry) Never forget that I own you. [88 words] Imperfection (Poetry) - [62 words] Infidelity (Poetry) When a husband ignores his wife, a marriage will crumble and the wife will stray... [98 words] Influence (Poetry) How influential can a demon of the night be? [218 words] Losing Battle (Poetry) Prepare for sin. [109 words] Lost Without You (Songs) More from the "1993 Work" folder. [179 words] Mended Heart (Poetry) - [90 words] Never Regret What Makes You Smile (Poetry) When two people want to be together and they aren't. [94 words] [Relationships] New Beginning (Poetry) - [93 words] Nobody Likes You (Songs) How does it feel to be the person that has everything but friends? [170 words] Nothing (Poetry) - [77 words] Progressive Silence (Poetry) Sometimes there is no sound. Starting over never works. [79 words] R.A.O. (Poetry) Saying goodbye to my Dad [79 words] Remember (To Remind Me) (Songs) Punkish song. [103 words] Saddam Hussein (Poetry) I was bored. Therefore I write. [39 words] Sanguinary (Poetry) The blood continues to flow in this experimental preface followed by poetry. [128 words] [Horror] Seed (Poetry) Are eight lines enough? [44 words] Shattered Dream (Poetry) The result of betrayal by one's best friend and one's girlfriend. [141 words] Shut Your Mouth (Songs) Sometimes you just need to shut your mouth! [92 words] Six (Poetry) What would you do with only six days? [68 words] Someone Like You (Poetry) - [74 words] Sounds Of A Summer Countryside (Poetry) - [113 words] Standing On The Edge Of Depression (Poetry) Self-worth, self-pity and self-confidence. [137 words] Storymania (Poetry) What is Storymania? [97 words] Temporary Dreams (Poetry) - [36 words] The Din (Poetry) 42 strong words. [42 words] The Embrace (Poetry) A newly born vampire's first taste. [90 words] The Voice (Poetry) Evil whispers across the wind. [127 words] Theend (Songs) It's the end of this relationship. [106 words] To Be Alone (Songs) I'd rather be alone than trapped. [106 words] Unbridled Fury: The Battle To Breathe (Essays) Subconscious thought... [685 words] Unbridled Fury: The Subconscious (Essays) Subconscious thought... [365 words] Undaunting (Poetry) Bring me home [66 words] [Motivational] Unflowing (Poetry) - [62 words] Untitled -- 1989 (Poetry) As taken from "Disintegration". [96 words] Us (Poetry) - [182 words] Wake Of Destruction (Songs) You can run, but you cannot outrun fate. [112 words] We Are Right (Poetry) You should always fight for what’s right in life and in love. [113 words] [Romance] Witch Hunt (Poetry) Defeating the evil that takes away life is more difficult than it seems. [165 words] [Horror] (I See) The Light (Poetry) Can you see the light? [98 words] (It's Time To) Cut The Cord (Songs) There comes a time when you just need to cut the cord [131 words]
In Your Dreams R Bennett Okerstrom
I come to you in your dreams
As you wake up to your own screams
I am eternal.
I come to you in your dreams
As you wonder why you often bleed
I am immortal.
I come to you in your dreams
As you ponder as to what you've seen
I am desire.
I come to you in your dreams
As you justify what cannot be
I am malefic.
I come to you in your dreams
As temporary as I may seem
I am forever.
READER'S REVIEWS (12) DISCLAIMER: STORYMANIA DOES NOT PROVIDE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWS. ALL REVIEWS ARE PROVIDED BY NON-ASSOCIATED VISITORS, REGARDLESS OF THE WAY THEY CALL THEMSELVES.
"Such power ... such seductive images ... are you forever?" -- Judith .
"WOW! I see what you mean about having much to learn." -- Michelle.
"Thanks for the compliment. Read on Michelle. Read on." -- R. Bennett.
"Maybe so Judith. " -- R. Bennett.
"Very dark! It makes me feel ambivalent toward sleep." -- JM.
"Yo RB! Dark, dark stuff, but good! Hey, I've got an idea. Why don't you, me, and Judith work on a long poem together? It could be in three parts. What do you say? Doc" -- david doc byron, vincennes, usa, ind.
"I'm not much for partnerships, but I'd be more than happy to edit and/or give suggestions." -- R. Bennett .
"If you expanded on this poem it would make a very cool song, with this poem being the chorus. Can you feel it?" -- mia angello, wi.
"Too bad The Queen of the Damned soundtrack is already out there. " -- R. Bennett .
"I like the last line the best. Sews it all up." -- The Reviewer.
"i like this poem alot - judith says it well... i don't know about you but i wouldn't want to be forever...it would be like being a sleepy permanent planet- i'd sooner be a shooting star with every bit of me aglow before smoldering to ashes, than to rot from the inside out..." -- kat, Aust..
"Immortality is probably sought after by everyone at one point in their lives. To change one's mind is to be human." -- R. Bennett.
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