Nightmares

Are your nightmares as real as mine can be?
Do they creep in your ears,
Whisper to you till you scream?
Do they make you toss and turn,
Or lay awake?
All night till morning,
Traces of them lingering,
Even after you leave the bed?
Do they start off small and pleasantly,
Morph into demons that cackle as you plead?
Do they dance on your chest as you try to breathe?
And mimic your fear,
In a mocking parody?


~Rei Shiori