My eyes feel closed but it's not
I feel like I'm dreaming just staring at the corner of my room, enveloped in complete darkness with my mother at my side
All of a sudden the lighting changed
I now realize that I'm awake sleeping in a position I don't normally sleep in

I look at the edge of my bed
and fear immediately overcomes me as I stare at the sliouett that looks like a creature with the body of a bird and a head of a cat
Even in this absolute darkness I can see the outline quite clearly

I know what is happening
I know what this is, I know what this is called

I try to move but can't, mouth swoon shut
I begin to scream for my mother in my head begging, praying for her to wake up and free me from my confinement
But she never did
Dreading the worst to come
When the creature will stamp on my lungs to stop my breathing and make me suffer

I don't want to experience that

I look back at the creature still staring at me
My eyes being the only thing that can move
I force myself to resist as I continue to stare at the creature
I start to feel like I'm in another dimension just looking at it

In a blink of an eye it disappears
My bedroom lights came on without me realizing
And let's just say I no longer sleep on my back anymore