Sleeping with fear

Nighttime friend

I went to sleep last night

Shrouded in darkness

Ensconced from all light

 

I thought myself safe from fear

In a bed so warm

But that warmth would soon sear

             

As I slipped further from conscious thought

The darkness beckoning me on

The evil had found what it sought

 

With a start I opened my eyes

And saw before me fear

Not relegated to shape or size

 

It stared at me as I tried to elude its grasp

My legs caught in its gaze

My body pierced by an asp

 

An eternity passed before my mind

Trapped with impending death

The joy of corporeal cessation never to find

 

Then fear ended its mental attack

I felt I might be free

But he was only waiting to come back

 

The next night he would come again

I would be forced to stare

Him and his darkness, now my only friend.