How do you close your eyes
when you know what's coming?
Plagued by these nightmares,
all too real to forget.
Too scared to speak up;
words lost in a cloud of terror.
Where can you run to,
when friends have heard it all before?
How many sleepless nights spent crying,
forcing yourself to block out their faces?
Even screaming can't save you.
You are alone,
trapped in a world that is not your own.
Here, the monsters come to play,
your happiness and joy their desire.
Repression only delays the pain;
flashbacks will come,
even those you try to erase.
And as the sun rises, you are free and alone,
Counting down the hours until
you are taken over again.