Swift comes the darkness
to sweep me away
to far off lands and fantasies
yet unknown
*blink*
A car, speeding
down the highway
faster, faster.
Suddenly, a truck
on collision course.
Engine roaring, horn sounding
tires screaming, tires...
*blink*
...screaming.
A woman. Her screams
penetrate my mind,
pierce my soul.
Pain so full, so sharp.
A woman, screaming.
Her hands outstretched
clutching a stillborn child,
covered in blood, covered in...
*blink*
...blood.
The blood! It keeps gushing forth.
I press against the wound,
but it's no use.
My friend, maimed, mauled.
His face wrinkles as
he stares at me.
Terror in his eyes,
his body withers in my hands
nothing but dust, nothing but...
*blink*
...dust.
The air is full of dust.
handkerchief covering my face
I try to run in the storm.
Suddenly, a gust of wind
and the handkerchief is gone
lungs fill with sand.
Oh, the pain! The horror!
Drowning,
but there's no water, no...
*blink*
...water.
I wash the blood from my hands
my loved one lies
before me.
Still, bleak, cold.
What have I done?
The knife gleams red
as I drive it into my heart
so hard, so...
*blink*
...hard.
The floor below me
so hard.
The roof above me
so low
Can't rise, can't move.
Panic comes slowly
along with realization.
No air, just pain.
Buried alive.
so dark, so...
*blink*
...dark.
Everything is
pitch black.
No light,
not even a shade of grey.
No sound,
except the hissing of my own breath.
No smell,
except the odour of my own fear.
No feelings,
except the horror that lingers in my mind.
No taste,
except of my own blood.
Panic comes swiftly this time
A futile attempt to scream
intensifies the dark, the pain.
No escape, No...
*blink*
...escape.
Running as fast as I can
heart pounding
chest heaving
They're coming
closer, ever closer
Soon they'll catch me, soon
My face, covered in sweat, covered in...
*blink*
...sweat.
I wake up,
a scream crossing my lips,
cold sweat
covering my body.
Heart pounding,
hands shaking.
It was just a dream, just a...
*blink*
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