Breathless Awakenings Poem by Anne Unknown

I fall asleep after a while.
Then the normal routine happens....
My everyday nightmare returns...

When I awaken I don't remember exactly what I dreamt of,
but I remember demons, lurking in the shadows,
Werewolves and other monsters attacking me when I stand defenseless,
Vampires feeding off my blood,
And falling in black abliss.

I awake within the nightmare itself,
I awake breathless and sweaty,
I look around and I see only hell,
Fire all around, burning the doomed souls,
And then I change,
I become one of the monsters which I have feared so passionately.
I attack and feed off other defenseless people,
And watch them awaken as monsters, too.

I awaken in my bed, breathless,
And I inhale deeply,
I remember the Other breathless awakening,
And shiver.....