Only a Nightmare

Darkness is a blanket wrapping me up.
Engulfing me.
Smothering me.
The darkness creeps up.
I watch it.
Inevitable.
Unstoppable.

I fall into its frozen calmness.
That eerie cold stillness seeping deep into my soul.
Replacing happiness with scorn.
Positive with negative
Love with hate.

Locking the positives into a box.
Like Pandora.

I struggle,
Writhe
And strike out.
The darkness is drowning me, in the dark shadow of a vast lake.

I cant stop it.
I am exhausted.
Can’t fight any longer.
Let it take me.

I wake, alive and fresh.
The world carries on.
The light has saved me.
Let out hope.
Love.

The sun welcomes me back.
Glad I am still here.
I embrace it.
It was all only a dream.

Only a nightmare.