Night Terror

I want to go to sleep now
But my mind wants to play games
It’s really dark, the dogs they bark
No night ever the same

I feel things as they crawl on me
My scalp begins to itch
My clothes no longer comfortable
Up on the bed I sit

I look out into darkness
Hold the covers to my eyes
I feel a finger touch my back
Jump up, let out a cry

The lamp it comes to life
I look around to a bare room
The room is dim and heavy
Almost like a darkness looms

There’s no one here, he’s out of town
Bring the dogs up to the bed
They bark at me, what do they see?
Then I remember it’s my head

I lay down and they fall asleep
I lay in bed and hear them snore
The do not stir, a creak occurs
My eyes now on the door

It hasn’t moved, I’m certain
But I just can’t close my eyes
My face begins to twitch
Begin to pray to my surprise

I don’t ask to be cured
I only ask tonight to end
Whatever way that he sees fit
I can’t do this again

I close my eyes and all is still
I’m starting to doze off
The blanket then gets colder
Then I feel it ever so soft

A hand caress my inner thigh
The fright caused me to still
I shut my eyes till lights they spark
Sensations seem so real

I open up my eyes
My nose it drips
My breathing rasp

The air pitch dark
Hear someone walk
The blanket I then grasp

I feel a weight upon my feet
I feel around to empty sheets
A silent whisper followed by
A kiss upon my cheek

A single tear escapes
As I am frozen paralyzed
I cannot move, the phone vibrates
My body dead, my mind alive

I know that blue screen anywhere
He’s calling up to say goodnight
What I would do to hear his voice?
I’m screaming out from the inside

Vibrations end, I fall asleep
The dreams horrific, I recall
I open up my eyes to light
The pups they pull the covers off

I sit up in a foggy haze
I stare out into our bathroom
It’s where he stood, from in my dreams
The man who watched me in my room

I tremble as I remember
As he walked in towards the bed
How he sat on the corner, felt him sit
Then rub my head

I couldn’t move but my two eyes
My muscles didn’t work
It’s like my brain imploded
For a moment evil lurked

I go to brush my teeth
I take a look down and I die
A freshly put out cigarette
In the sink, catches my eye