Deadly Nightmare Poem by Courtney Violette

I lie awake,
Waiting for the nightmare.
It comes ever night,
My heart is full of fear.

I convulse, and scream,
The pain never lets up.
A figment of my imagination,
That seems so real.

The dream is so horrid,
I can't stand it any longer.
I wish it would go away,
Never fading

To what have I become?
To want to die,
So I don't see these horrible things,
When I shut my eyes.

Things move so fast,
I can't keep up.
It makes me sick,
I wake up sweating.

Heart pounding to fast,
Fear taking over.
I clutch my chest,
Breathing quickens.

Eyes widen in horror,
And pain.
Pitch black,
Even though the sun peeks inside.

Unable to comprehend,
The fate that awaits me.
Gasp for denied air,
End is near.

I try one more time,
To escape the inevitable.
I claw my way up,
The dark well to which my fate is sealed.

I feel the end coming,
I let the darkness take me.
My throat burns,
From screaming.

Suddenly the darkness turns to light,
And I feel myself breathing again.
As if my head breaks through the surface,
I'm alive.

I sit up strait,
Sweating, yet freezing.
I lay back down,
Knowing that I'll face the same thing,
Tomorrow.