A crash like thunder
Echoes through your head
Cleaves your skull
Down to your tailbone
Body jerks
Hands fly up in defense
Covering sightless eyes
Limbs flail in their bondage
Struggling with desperate strength
And yet not moving
Brain mired in shock and thoughts
But floats as if set free
Trying to make sense
Of what’s happened
Your thoughts flicker
Fast as lightning strikes
Why can’t I move?
Why can’t I see?
What just attacked
Thrust with sound
Right into the core
Of my being?
Terror sets in
Even as extremities
Regain their strength
And heave
Breaking free of
Blankets?
Confusion and understanding
An odd mix
That somehow makes sense
Cognitive function takes over
And your body flings itself
Toward the light switch
Neck twisting to survey
As soon as sight returns
To your eyes
Emptiness is received
No evidence of a threat
That seems so imminent
Nothing out of place
To explain the sound
That so took over
Your sleeping body
Drowsiness grips you yet again
As adrenaline fades
But you can’t shake
This terrible feeling
That something is off
Something lurks in the darkness
Waiting for you
To let your guard down again
Finally
After much tossing and turning
After you feel
Like you might fall apart
You drift off once more
Comforted within the warm
Brightness of a
Nightlight
About the Creator
Mark (Mitch) Weil
I am an aspiring author! I have loved books my entire life, and look forward to creating the same awe and wonder in readers that other authors have done for me over the years. Follow my Insta @mitchweilstories for updates and story details.
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