where does our shadow go when we fall asleep?

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in the dark of the night,

where does my shadow hide?

does She rest beside me

or deep inside my mind?


Her lingering voice

whispers in my ear,

telling me everything

i should fear.


i can't wake up

no matter how hard i try.

i scream in my sleep

and beg not to die.


frozen in place

when i see Her face.

Her menacing grin

wakes something within.


Her mist shoots at my throat,

suffocating me so She can gloat.

i wished i had stayed awake

because going to sleep was a major mistake.

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