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Sleep paralysis
you pass out
crying
into a dead, dream-less sleep
well, you do almost
atleast,
and then
almost as if on cue,
a violent electricity
crackles hard;
it ricochets down your spine
like a wild lightening
dancing in your periphery-
a foreshadow
that is ultimately
predicting a red
tunnel vision
from your soul
eyes flutter-
yet those stupid limbs
of yours struggle wildly
for any freedom until
the point of a fraile bone
that's now
piercing a sensitive spot
so incredibly
deep inside
of the soft tissue
accenting the lining
of your aching right calf,
just pops;
a charlie horse,
and it
rips you awake-
and you have to dig,
fucking dig;
dig deep against the sheets
in a haze
.. so petrified
and desperate
focus
fucking breathe
I'm so fucking scared
vision blurs
sleeping limbs
strain-
sweat,
fear,
panic fueling
hopelessness,
and a reminder of a unique
gift
that's in sync;
one that curses
the restless marching
that's now stomping;
harassing deep
against the staccato
vibrating the truth
of my heart
one full second of nothing
and then
it's there
a paralyzing
moment of realization
and later, after, a ripple of goosebumps
that can only be described as
the human embodiment
of a sixth sense
that's shrill for survival
and ominous
for escapism;
and it makes you positively
snap
I can't move
you lay there
staring at the wall
on the left side of your existence-
a familiarity that never once felt like
anything but safe
up until literally
right fucking now
in this less than
one minute
of every terror
that could have possibly
leaked out
and surround you
from within the very
darkness that posses
your still frame
I can't move
not a single sound can tear away,
can be liberated
from your
quavering lips..
not a word
shhhhh
your muscles begin to throb
in response to
obsession
MOVE
damn it
move, please god
just move
suddenly,
your thoughts sound too loud
the air is folding around your body,
something is right behind me
your breathe catches,
and you concede the fight
it's over now..
you stop resisting..
a sharp
cold breeze
wraps around your core
and you freeze-
eternity mocks your life
for yet another second
before an indescribable force
yanks you;
slams your back audibly
against the bed
I didn't do that
did i fucking do that?!
I didn't do that
There's no time to think-
an instant later you're
flying;
sitting straight up
and now facing
the inside of the room but
E
ry i i
V tH nG sp g
S NNin
there's too many colors
merging and
dying and
so much blue and yellow
and transcendent irregularities
that don't have reason
I'm lost
I'm lost
Where am i?
you forget
what is happening
you forgot
but
it's over now
faster
fast
just as fast
as when you blacked
colored?
out
portal
Fucking portal
you don't understand why that come's to mind
you blink
and
it's over
it's been over
the shock wears off;
anxiety resonates
in your legs and you run-
run right out of all reason,
right out of the house
and onto the porch;
you run,
but it is over
for a
night
crying
into a dead, dream-less sleep
well, you do almost
atleast,
and then
almost as if on cue,
a violent electricity
crackles hard;
it ricochets down your spine
like a wild lightening
dancing in your periphery-
a foreshadow
that is ultimately
predicting a red
tunnel vision
from your soul
eyes flutter-
yet those stupid limbs
of yours struggle wildly
for any freedom until
the point of a fraile bone
that's now
piercing a sensitive spot
so incredibly
deep inside
of the soft tissue
accenting the lining
of your aching right calf,
just pops;
a charlie horse,
and it
rips you awake-
and you have to dig,
fucking dig;
dig deep against the sheets
in a haze
.. so petrified
and desperate
focus
fucking breathe
I'm so fucking scared
vision blurs
sleeping limbs
strain-
sweat,
fear,
panic fueling
hopelessness,
and a reminder of a unique
gift
that's in sync;
one that curses
the restless marching
that's now stomping;
harassing deep
against the staccato
vibrating the truth
of my heart
one full second of nothing
and then
it's there
a paralyzing
moment of realization
and later, after, a ripple of goosebumps
that can only be described as
the human embodiment
of a sixth sense
that's shrill for survival
and ominous
for escapism;
and it makes you positively
snap
I can't move
you lay there
staring at the wall
on the left side of your existence-
a familiarity that never once felt like
anything but safe
up until literally
right fucking now
in this less than
one minute
of every terror
that could have possibly
leaked out
and surround you
from within the very
darkness that posses
your still frame
I can't move
not a single sound can tear away,
can be liberated
from your
quavering lips..
not a word
shhhhh
your muscles begin to throb
in response to
obsession
MOVE
damn it
move, please god
just move
suddenly,
your thoughts sound too loud
the air is folding around your body,
something is right behind me
your breathe catches,
and you concede the fight
it's over now..
you stop resisting..
a sharp
cold breeze
wraps around your core
and you freeze-
eternity mocks your life
for yet another second
before an indescribable force
yanks you;
slams your back audibly
against the bed
I didn't do that
did i fucking do that?!
I didn't do that
There's no time to think-
an instant later you're
flying;
sitting straight up
and now facing
the inside of the room but
E
ry i i
V tH nG sp g
S NNin
there's too many colors
merging and
dying and
so much blue and yellow
and transcendent irregularities
that don't have reason
I'm lost
I'm lost
Where am i?
you forget
what is happening
you forgot
but
it's over now
faster
fast
just as fast
as when you blacked
colored?
out
portal
Fucking portal
you don't understand why that come's to mind
you blink
and
it's over
it's been over
the shock wears off;
anxiety resonates
in your legs and you run-
run right out of all reason,
right out of the house
and onto the porch;
you run,
but it is over
for a
night
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