sleep paralysis
by @butterfliesonmytongue
when I was little i dreamt of an Eye
it's iris-a specter
which rested upon my windowsill
I'd always try to keep my eyes open
cause every time I saw it
I'd blink it away
i used to think about this eye
on nights I couldn't sleep
I'd search the corners of my room
for the optic illusion
that watched me as I slept
did it ever go away?
or has it never left.
remaining out of my
line of sight
because now I'm grown
and I haven't seen that eye in years
but I still feel it watching.