I'M Your Nightmare.... Poem by K J

Haunted by sleepless nights every day and night,
You can never run from the past, you'll never get away,
Compared to the light, the darkness of the night so silent,
It’s where I will find you,
Your head stuck deep into the ground.

Once you had nights when you could sleep,
Deep in the ground, you would hide there from the growing fears,
Somehow I reached you,
On how I did it you will never know,
And with that, your pain slowly grew into a timeless bomb,
As the clock counts down,
Until it's the time for me to move on.

It's bedtime now but you know better,
If you drift into sleep I'll haunt you forever
I will grab you with my fingertips
My cup of poison you will sip
Your mind is now a war torn place
I've reached your dreams and won't let go
You’re tainted now, your soul can't be replaced.

Happiness seemed so real to you,
But then I took your reality away
And filled your head with bitter lies
Morning is too far away
To wait for my demons to leave you alone
This time you might not wake up,
My demons will take you away
Before you have time to scream.