Sandman

 

He comes during terror sleep
And his hands reek of sulfur
He clicks together
His long nails black
With dirty deed

Click click click..click
And ready to prick touch

Starts slow trace from shoulder
To ear...
I swallow silent tears...

I lay
Unable to scream out
Frozen
And dread consumes my manic mind

And flood memories
Of other monsters touch
Those monsters were supposed to love me
Protect me from

Sandman...

Too afraid to sleep and face
The tragedy of truth
And another night the shame..
Insomnia sets in...
Days without sleep or ease

And fear manifests
Through self destruction..
And so still years after touch
He abducts me from myself...
Night after restless night...

Robbing me of
Pieces of and the peace in me...