Violet dreams

 

Violet dreams

under rust-coloured

moonlight.

Violent screams

hold her too tight.

The fear in her lungs

burning to get out.

The fear in her lungs bubbling,

but they won’t breach the quiet.

 

Mercy, she pleads,

as the blunt force trauma

of a bad dream

drills into her heart.

She sees her restless body 

from somewhere above,

as the world screeches

to a halt in front of her eyes.

 

Can't move,

invisible hands

clamping down.

The shrill piercing

of her internal screams

deafening her,

but still she yells.

Paralysed. The night

clouds her mind.

Capsized. a boat on

stormy seas.

A wave crashing

at her peace.

 

She glances

at the bedside light,

tries to flick her wrist,

to click the switch,

to bring some respite.

Her body resists.

like her arms

are tethered

to a heavy weight.

Her mind crawling

through the thicket

just trying to escape

the demons that encircle.

 

Breathe. Breathe.

Breathe.

Breathe.

 

Finally, she screams.

Leave.

 

And the sleep paralysis demon

fades into the

rust-coloured moonlight