Fear
An invisible stalker
Hidden in the shadows
Patiently waiting for the edge of sleep
Mercilessly it strikes
Soundless images dance against velvet blackness
Screams and screams and screams escape
Nothing is heard
Fingertips touch
Where are you going?
Words linger on the growing distance
NO! please stay!
Legs move
Still the distance grows
Quivering lips shape his name
No sound is heard
Barely visible now
PLEASE COME BACK!
Darkness fades
Silence is pierced
Monotonous chirp of the alarm
Such sweet relief