The Hideous Nightmare

At 3.56am when the world is still

The mind begins to wander against conscious will

To places dark and twisted with an uncontrollable fear

Where entities lurk and foreboding is near

The visions come without a sound

The nightmare’s grip that won’t unbound

I’m paralysed, can’t run, can’t flee

Trapped in the land of evil decree

In the bleak darkness of my mind’s eye,

A nightmare lurks, and I spy

Adam and Eve, twisted and bent.

Bodies wracked with derangement

Their eyes, once bright with innocence

Now clouded over with malevolence

Their third eye, open wide

Reveals terrifying visions (have I died?)

Life and death dance in a macabre waltz

As the nightmare’s grip tightens its hold on my thoughts

The serpent coils, a tilted grin on its face

Whispering secrets of sordid disgrace

In this world of terror I am alone

A submissive prisoner of the unknown

In this nightmare, there is no escape

In this place there is no religion, no faith

Time stands still and terror reigns

Am I forever trapped in this asylum, insane?

But as the light starts to glint at 5

The visions fade I have survived

Though the horrors linger in my mind

It was just a Hideous Nightmare I have left behind