I close my eyes
yet he is already there
taunting, mocking, haunting
clouding my every thought

At midnight, his shadow devours me
twisting, turning, falling
into his poisoned state of mind
no warning, no time

Looking for a way out
I am forever trapped
until the sun revives me from my
coma like prison

But he has already crawled into my mind
poking and probing at my most inner thoughts
fears, emotions, desires
altering them as he pleases

As I lie dead to the world
he deceives my alter universe
as I lie dead to the world
he is there, my personal nightmare