The silhouette creeps closer,
no more than an inch,
I can feel the darkening danger and try not to flinch,
Bloody and barbed wired, he comes to my side
I can see his terror fully now, no where to hide.

I catch my breath, I scream out loud,
but no one is around to hear the sound.
He grabs at my body that is now too stiff to move,
the tears break free, I've not nothing to prove.

I feel him slice and stab and whack,
I reach my hand to feel my back.
I let the light pour from my eyes as he takes off his scruffy disguise

It is then that I awake in bed,
Nightmare so thick it's trapped in my head.
And as I lay in unbearable rest,
I wonder if the dream me survived that test.