Falling

We've all felt it. Working, studying, watching a movie, or reading. Doesn't matter what you're doing, it's the feeling you get. You're tired, your eyes burn and have the gritty feeling you get after not sleeping for a while.
Ok you can't crawl into bed right now, but you close your eyes for a couple of seconds. Try to get a little moisture back into your eyes. That can't hurt anything, right?
Then you're falling. Like stepping off a cliff, you're in free fall. Then like a bungee cord snapping back, you're jerking awake. Your heart thumps a little faster, trying to process what just happened.
Doctors call it a hypnagogic jerk, a reaction to your brain thinking you're dying. But what the doctors don't know, is that your brain is right. You're not falling, you're being pulled down. But one day, your brain won't be able to stop you. They will have you