Nightmare

I am fierce and destructive. I live in your sleep. I overwhelm you with fear. I am your worst nightmare. You awake sweating and trembling with the picture of me in your head. You quickly survey the area asking yourself, who am I?

First, you saw me and you are trying to forget about me, but you can’t because I am now a part of you. You try to fall asleep again, but then in the blink of an eye I am back in your mind. You wake once again. You slowly get out of bed looking around in panic. You creep along the floor tip toeing all the way. Then you turn on the light and wait of few minutes to gather yourself. Then the lights go off.

Next, you walk swiftly to your bed, pull your sheets over, and close your eyes. You think that I won’t come back and you happily start to dose off into a deep sleep. The coming morning you wake powerful because you think that you have won. But the reality is you haven’t.

Finally, you walk into your room the next night sleepy and tired. You crawl into your bed and slowly drift off to sleep. And that is when I strike. With brutal force I slowly take over your mind and love to see you fear me. You try to fight me, but your mind plays tricks on you and you start to go crazy. You might hate me, but you can’t get rid of me. So keep trying because it won’t work.

I keep coming back striking when you least expect it. I overwhelm your mind with fear and you coward away from me, but I always find me. You can’t stop me. You can’t control me because I control you.