I warn you of Dreams (Poem)

As I partook in my usual rituals,
I came across something curious.
To me, it was something habitual,
But perhaps to you, it may be more injurious.

You shut your eyes and saw me,
Whispering things to you that are not,
This, I hope, you do see,
As they are simply the most sought.

I warn you now of Dreams,
Visions of the subconscious,
That pull at our minds at the seams,
But fulfills no promise.

I have suffered from such madness,
As I know you have seen.
It brings nothing but sadness,
I'm sure you remember the night queen.

She tormented me without knowledge of it,
Rather, I was the one tormenting me.
I took a shovel and dug a pit,
And jumped in, as I could not see.

I was blinded by the false visions,
The ones conjured by my deepest desires,
The ones that caused my bad decisions,
Leading to my burning in the fires.

So thus, I warn you of the false.
These ideas are dangerous,
And abuse your every fault,
They are so treacherous.

Shelter your soft heart,
And steel your mind,
Against the subconscious's crazed art,
And the past that should be left behind.

-Zero