The Shadows of REM

You toss and turn because you know I’m there, close, undeniable. Frantic attempts to position yourself as you lay in terror, unable to confront your inner thoughts.

You fight to open your eyes again and again trying to scream yourself awake. Familiar images suddenly appear in hi-definition, streaming across the back of your eyelids in rapid succession.

You hear the thunderous, deafening sound as I get closer.  Your heart beats faster. I am the nightmare that seizes you. You are my mine; trapped and afraid. So real, so uncontrollable…

I’m Here