Night Terrors

As darkness fades away light;
I pray for forgiveness.
As the stars in the sky
begin to appear;
I pray I don’t dream.
As the moon shines bright,
and shadows take form;
apprehension builds within my heart.
As sleep slowly assaults my mind,
and forces itself onto my wakeful state;
anxiety rises within me.
They say that the darkness
is not a thing to fear,
but for me,
it is not the darkness itself that I fear;
but what the darkness unknowingly hides.
Shrouded within darkness,
and hidden within my dreams,
they wait for the sunset,
and they wait for the day to disappear.
I fear my dreams
and the nightmares they bring.
And although I struggle to fight back sleep;
insomnia begins to abandon me.
When I feel my will slipping;
I pray to all gods.
As my vision begins blurring;
tears begin forming.
And as sleep overpowers me;
I hear him breathing in the darkness.
And when my eyes finally shut;
I am awakened by my own screams.
And as always…
my bed, body, and clothes are drenched in sweat,
tears are freely running from my eyes;
and I am screaming in sheer terror.
In these moments I am consumed by fear;
but I have no memory of my dreams.
And as I look out the window,
I am not only met
with the promise of a new day,
but also a dread
that the daylight will fade.