Itumeleng Cangua Poet Rhyme

I’m Scared To Sleep Tonight

01.12.2019

I’m scared to sleep
Tonight scared of what I feel
When I fall asleep
I’m scared of this thing which I can’t tell if it’s real
Or not but when it’s around
I feel as if Mount Kilimanjaro is on my chest
I can’t scream I can’t move I’m like a mouse bound
In a lab I thought the reason to sleep is rest
But as for me 
I’m compromised
Every time I see
This creature I’m paralyzed
Head to toes and the more I try to move
The more it tightens 
Its grip I keep asking myself is it the roof
The door or the window it uses to creep in and frightens
Me to death I’ve tried to look hard into the dark
Thinking I’d see its face but all I see is nothing
While this happens Ginger doesn’t even bark
Nor come into the bedroom to rescue me from something
The whole experience takes less than a minute
But it feels like forever
The only part that moves are my eyes which I can’t forget
How rapidly they move up and down asking myself when will it be over 
I’m scared to sleep tonight scared of sleep paralysis
Scared of what it possesses

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Karen Jones April 24, 2024 at 6:19 AM Wow! You do a great job expressing your angst about your nightmare! Surely if it were something the dog could sense the dog would’ve barked. Hoping you find peace and relief!