At Night

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Mind, stop doing what you are doing best
I cannot stand this darkness
Creeping up at me at night
Overshadowing the light
A crack, a tap
Invisible monster
Under my bed.

Oh mind just stop
this wild, unbridled fantasy
of red eyes gloomily in the dark
watching over my motionless body
flat breath, caught in a dream.

Mind, you mind to keep it down
drag me back
to the surface of sanity
rattling breaths surrounding me
blandish my fears.

They can smell it.
They smell the cold sweat
of anguish in my neck
but they so lack
of empathy for me.

Mind do stop right now.
The floor is cracking
by heavy footsteps.
So serious .
Set me free
Let me sleep, in peace,
alone, unknown, released.

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