Her Dream

As crystallized ice melts away And fire breaks the morning She lies in bed dreaming What started out as breath taking Now turns for the worse And steams her mind Her breathing, shallow Her eyes, sunken Her face, fading And then, it closes in There’s nowhere to go There’s no escape It’s coming for her She screams for help No one answers, she’s alone Vines entangle her Thorns bite her flesh Fear grips her heart Through the tangle of forest plants She pushes harder Trying to escape She’s trapped by a wall In desperation she claws at the wall Breaking fingernails and flesh She tries climbing, too steep She wants to turn and disappear It’s too late, there’s no escape It’s behind her, it’s here Choking her every movement She stops resisting And… As the crystallized ice melted away And the fire broke the morning, She lay in bed dreaming