Fear and Darkness

I used to love the darkness
It was the time I hunted my
Prey. The enemy lurked and
They waited for me and my
Fellow soldiers but we won.

Now it is a time I dread, I
Close my eyes but sleep
Does not come to me. It
Takes the help of pills to
Happen and not always.

When it does come to me,
The nights of old come back.
The realism wakes me in a
Sweat or worse in an attack
On my wife, who I love dear.

Nightmares that are so real
And so vivid that I can attack
The one I love in my sleep. I
Fear for what might happen
Someday. I pray it doesn't.