I lay here in the darkness awaiting the dawn.
Hoping that if I cannot dream peacefully, the tiredness will leave my body.
But I know this will not happen,
eventually my eyes will grow heavy and close,
and the nightmares of you will come flooding in.
Like the gates of hell opening, the flames unruly and growing.
I wait for the haunting of your greedy, selfish eyes,
hovering over my helpless body.
For your hands to find their way to my neck,
to my mouth, stifling my pleas.
For you to possess every inch of me,
hungry to feed your desires.
My lungs burning the need for air,
my tongue unable to create a sound.
I scream not with my mouth,
but rather with my eyes.
Tears rush down my cheeks.
The fire of hatred burns deep within.
My body grows weak,
I know I cannot escape.
Bear the torture, do not fill his desires.
I close my eyes and yours haunt me.
But when dawn must rest and the twilight seeps in,
I know you will find your way into my dreams,
haunting them every second.
My control taken, my body not mine but yours.
So tonight when I finally close my eyes,
I pray that you will be gone.
But I cannot suppress it any longer,
my bones ache, longing for the needed rest.
Running from my living nightmare, I have grown tired.
Every fogged window is imprinted with my hand pleading for a way out,
every dark night is haunted by the memories.
Your eyes burned into my soul,
You left your etching in me.