Life feels like a nightmare,
Every time I open haunted eyes,
Each day brings fresh pain and
Agony to no surprise.

I try to get up yet I can't,
All I can focus on is the ache,
The reason I'm unable to escape,
Is because I'm already awake.

This bad dream became reality,
Although it's difficult to accept,
I need to confront my problems,
I know I have not overslept.

I wish this was all in my mind,
A fantasy I made up in my head,
But this is real, and so much darker,
Than the nightmares lurking in my bed.