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 to 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