Nightmare

The memory of you emerges from the night around me,

which means I shall never again be able to sleep.

Your presence when I slumber foretells anguish and heartache.

Being at my most vulnerable is your opening to creep.

I’ll drown myself in a sea of coffee prior to bedtime

so you’ll never get the opportunity to pounce like a cougar.

It’s the best I can do for now to keep you at bay.

I wish you had never entered my life, Freddy Krueger.