"The Night Cap"

I couldn't sleep last night
Nor could I sleep the night before
I somehow became lost in the sheets of my bed
And I found myself trapped beneath my nightmares
Beneath my nightmares
My ceiling was nothing more than the floors of a broken dream
And through its cracks….its mold…I was able to watch my nightmares unfold
"Don't go in that room!!"….."Run, keep running please don't stop"
These were the silent soundtracks of my cries
The volume of my yells were at their highest, but yet I was unheard
I was unseen
I was there, but so far away
I was deep…lost in the sheets of my bed
Unable to sleep
Trapped deep beneath my nightmares and tortured by watching them.
The basement of sleep was cold and yet so familiar
Its bottom were of rocks
And I was accompanied by a crowd of others
They had watched their nightmares for so long that they had become unable to fear them
Instead they embrace each horrible image
And their eyes….their eyes….
They had lost fire and become shallow
And as horrible as this place was they welcome all that came
And they grew violent and showed hatred for those who escape
I thought that I couldn't sleep last night
I thought I was unable to sleep the night before
It felt as if I was lost in the sheets of my bed
Watching my nightmares…..
And when the sun cracked its dim skinny arms through the curtains of my bedroom window
When the alarm clock begin sounding and its beep echoed between my ears
When my eyes were open the same as they were while watching my nightmares
I noticed……..
I noticed that I had I never fell asleep..not the night before …nor did I fall asleep last night….
I have yet to begin my dream
And was still living my nightmares…..
Good morning.

-Cash-