Mare

Last night a demon lay upon my bed
Found a way to crawl inside my head

Jumbled images creating confusion
Spreading vile and vicious ill illusion

Bringing deep rooted fears
Harboured inside for many years
Painful pictures played about
Filling my head full of doubt

Watching from above, scenery that was too hard
Seeing my battered body, scared and scarred

Claustrophobia, paranoia, panic and distress
Nowhere to run in an unreal world in a mess

Still the onslaught gathers pace
Still the heart of a featureless face

Senseless suffering at every turn
Maybe to escape I must learn

My subconscious mind cries out for help
My sweaty body lets out a yelp

Awake but yet the demon taunts
Even with eyes open those feelings haunt.

Have I left it all behind?
Or is this just a different kind?
Trying to think happy thoughts
Each time my eyelids drop the evil is brought.

I must have slept cos I have awoken
Last night my spirit by a demon was broken..