  I close my eyes after a long day Lashes brush my cheek as I try to forget Bright lights fire off behind closed doors As my brain tries so in vain to turn off A pale hand sweeps quietly over a memory Scoops it into the shallow fingers And pours the nightmare off the bed There it lays pooled Shimmering dark and menacing As I lay curled and shaking It tries so desperately to reach me Its apparent yearn for flesh is seen This flirtation with the obscene Has taken form And devoured my soul So i lay in vain As it creeps slowly,
 so slowly back into my bed To seep into my eyelids Shut,  but not locked to the pains of you.
