Dreamshaking

Again and again relentless

Nightmare, unforgiving fear

Footsteps behind me, tip, tap

Phantoms, noises, nothing clear

Into dream

The Dragons Lair

Hateful visions

Recurring nightmare

Eyes rapid, tight shut

Sleep's realm no safe bet

Pressure, let me scream

Hold. Not yet, not yet

Not quite yet.

Trapped in a bad trip

A world so insecure

Familiarity skewed

Jagged and impure

Reaching for safety

None there in my head

Running from shadowmen

With legs like solid lead

Slow panic. cold, dank

Willing my feet to run

Gut wrenching feeling

That I am the bad one

Nearly upon me now

Like crawling through mud

Trying to find my escape

Through visions of death and blood

They're a second from me

The story ends by the lake

Tunnels of unspeakable horror

Climb faster out of dream. And Awake.

Scream.

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Note: I used to have bad dreams. The same one over and over again, for years.