Nightmares

Eyes tight shut, but your brain won't shut up
The tantalizing lap of sleep, eludes you
These morbid thoughts of life and death
The heavy darkness weighing down upon you
Trespassing into your mind
While the voices in your head keep screaming
Interfering while you are dreaming
The water dripping onto the cold bathroom floor
The sheets are becoming too hot, too hot
Tiny needles pricking you hard
Your body keeps tossing and turning
And just as you find blissful sleep
The dripping water turns into a flood
And you are drowning
The safety of the bed disintegrating like sand
Its pulling you under again
You're lying there now, motionless
Its a bed of human skeletons
People with blank faces and sunken eyes
Their lips move in silent speech
Your own mouth sewn shut
Run, run, the voices shout in your head
Your numb legs refusing to move
The sheets have become too cold, too cold
You're soaked in sweat, eyes tight shut
There's a slow wail somewhere far away
And then you wake up