Nightmare Sylvia Eaton

My sleep paralysis, to you I write.

Why are you terrorizing me at night

I hate the way you watch and stare 

Always thinking about your scary glare. 

Let me compare you to a nightmare 

Although that's not what you are 

I want to look but I don't dare 

You're my internal war 

How do I hate you? Let me count the ways 

Thinking of you scares me for days 

I hate your presence that comes with fear 

Always wishing you we'rent here 

When I wake up and feel the beating of my heart. 

I try to enjoy my time whilst we are apart.

But I know once I'm alone and I close my eyes. 

You and your scary ways will always rise. 

Close your eyes and say good night.

To all that don't exist

Cause once it's dark you might see the light. 

There's more than we insist.

Nightmare please go away

I don't want to be afraid of the night

I don't want you to say

You just don't feel right

Nightmare please stop hurting the people I love 

They did nothing wrong

You are what I have to get rid of 

We both know that you don't belong

Nightmare I'm tired 

Sleep is the only thing I need

You're far from required

You think you can stay but I never agreed. 

Nightmare please leave me alone

Let me close my eyes

I don't care that I am almost grown 

You make me long for lullabies 

You're always with me

Travelling my mind during the day and through the night

In the darkness I see 

Something that is already out of sight

At night is when I see it 

And it's in my mind by day 

It just makes me want to quit

That's why I don't want it to stay 

Pretty dream I'm supposed to love you 

But I want you there where needed

That's why the words I love you aren't true 

You have never succeeded 

You need to save me from the bad dreams 

But I want you there where needed

That's why the words I love you aren't true

You have never succeeded

You need to save me from the bad dreams

The ones that are scary and dark 

I promise to save me from those screams 

Would be a hit on the mark 

I am trying to escape you

But it's like there's no way out

I don't know what I got myself into 

What is this all about 

I can't move, and breathing is hard

I just want to scream

The fact that catches me off, guard

Is this not a dream

I'm in my room, I'm wide awake 

There are weird things that I see

I feel like I am about to break 

What's happening to me

I close my eyes and pray 

That the nightmare stays away

But I fall asleep and there I see 

Another nightmare that's waiting for me.