you're lying awake   the room is different    the walls dissolve   replaced by sky   horizon blackening   twilight beckoning   as the clouds are stretching wide   stars still shining   little holes   that light is clawing to get through   but hope is shifting   with the shadows    that are drifting on the ceiling as you move      (shh.. just close your eyes and go to sleep   there's nothing to be afraid of..)      are you awake?   sour thoughts are dancing now   all around your head   shoulders shake, chattering teeth   the cold wind rips the covers from your bed   the apparition   the eyes are digging   heart is pounding   eyelids will not close   your voice is failing   the screams derailing   and she stands so near to you      and nothing is sweeter   than the songs you're seeing   begging for the colder hand she hides   floating   flowing   her soul is hunting   glimmer   shimmer   white lights breaking   and fluid cries   she is reaching   screeching   imploring   seething   and the haunting   hurting   spilling   no one knows   a kiss-like smile that leaves you beguiled   fading darkness and the whispers of a ghost