I’ve been having Nightmares…

I’ve been having nightmares

At least I suppose you would call them that

In no normal sleep cycle

Would I go to a posh restaurant and have them cook and then eat my cat!….

Or discover a person I know vaguely

With half of both legs missing

Bloody stumps casually accepted

“Just push me in a chair”

What particular synapses

Are misfiring here?

I love sleep;don’t get me wrong

Usually I sleep deeply

Like a drugged warthog

Snuffling and impervious to being woken

My dreams are either forgotten

Or contain someone or something helpful or at least pleasant

They certainly don’t leave me bolted awake

Juddering uneasily.

I’ve been having nightmares

What will happen

When I next close my eyes..?