• These nightmares I dream
    Why do they feel so surreal?
    I try and I force myself to scream
    How can they understand the way I feel?


    Amidst my deafening silence
    Their jagged teeth and crooked smiles,
    They steal my breath and leave me lifeless
    I won't let them win - I run away quickly in denial.


    I hear them hissing - They know I'm here
    I'm running out of time to roam
    These shadows quickly drawing near
    I search in terror - Wanting home


    In a blink of an eye - I'm wallowed in darkness
    I'm quickly captivated by the calming silence
    To the shadows - I do confess
    For here in this moment - It all seems timeless


    Their voices now mere whispers
    They do not judge nor attempt to shape me
    In darkness I do not whimper
    For in this world of silence I realize -
    I. Am. Free.