Nightmare

Darkness surrounds your being 
It engulfs your mind 
Your ears are ringing 
Your eyes are blind 

Cuts sting on your chest 
Bruises ache on your legs 
You are covered in a bloody vest 
Your feet are tacked into the wall by wooden pegs.  

Your tears burn your dry eyes 
They run down your dry cuts and cracked lips  
You scream heartfelt cries 
Silenced by your throat as it rips 

Your chains clink and clank as you struggle through the pain  
Your body aches  
Your mind is going insane  
You break  

You open your eyes 
You're covered in sweat 
Your torture was full of lies 
But your dream is not over yet  

Wide awake 
Staring into deaths hallow eyes 
Your soul is his to take 
Do you live or die?  

 

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