As I'm possessed by sleep
A sense of dread precedes
I try to scream but I can't
Breathe

Cold sweat rolls down my face
Limbs frozen, trapped in place
Bound by fear I can't
Escape

Whispers by my bedside
As shadows rise along the walls
Restrained I lie to watch
Enthralled

With no one here to save me
From my own mental slavery
This self dysfunction
A disruption of my sanity


Immobilized
The conscious mind
Mesmerized
By evil eye

Paralyzed
The body lies
Petrified
But still alive


But then the ghastly figure
Crawls from within the mirror
His presence fills the air
With fear

The shades aghast in terror
They cower from his glare
He waves a hand and casts them back
To their realm

Approaching towards me slowly
He reaches forward and he
Beckons me to join him
Once again

I've come realize
The gesture coincides
With a desire to
Save me from this life


Released from the curse
Self control returned
I raise myself and
Set my gaze upon the world

The mark of dawn arrives
The eastern star arises
A signal of the start to
Yet another day

But as I feel the rays
The light inflicts the pain
A realization, conflicted
Once again

I have just one desire
Freedom from this ire
No longer trapped

In Somnia