Darkness in my dreams.

I fall asleep.
The nightmare begins.

I stand in a wasteland.
Devoid of life.
Surrounded by nothingness,
Fear grips me tight.

I feel the gaze of unseen eyes,
bore into my soul.
Shadows for around me
Like they want to take me
Like they are trying to swallow me whole.

I just stand there
Legs made of stone.
My mind races
telling me to run.
But still I stand.
In nothingness,
alone.

My heart jumps.
A figure approaches from the distance
Bathed in blackness
It's like he destroys light
Now I know it's time to run
It's time for me to take flight.

And so I run.
As fast as my legs will carry me
Into nothingness, in to nowhere.
Away from fear.

Blood pounds in my ears.
Sweat falls down my face.
I run and I run
But my fear gives chase.

I keep on running.
It's the only thing I can do.
He keeps on coming.
Relentless in pursuit.

Finally I stop.

I turn around to face my fear.
This figure cloaked in black.
It's all or nothing now.
There's no turning back.
For a moment I stand struck dumb.
As fear drips out of every pour.
Then I beat my chest
and bellow out,
'I don't fear you anymore.'

The blackness around him seems to subside.
And it's then that I see.
This demon on my dreams,
the thing I fear most
…..... is me.