I dream myself awake most nights and sit up in bed breathing hard and trying to remember that faint passing thought I last had in sleepy transition. What was that last image, sound or sensation that could break my usually snore and more sleep to a shuddering ,sweaty start in fear soaked bedcovers. Panicked and red veined eyes search the darkness for any sign of danger but nothing emerges from the frantic dilated pupils trying to penetrate the unknown behind the black light.
The next morning is a stretch to loosen the aching muscles and the tangled eyelashes from a disturbed rest. The remnants of a scream, a snarl and a viscous grin waiting at the edge of my sub-conscious. Waiting for me to doze of and then pounce on me, take me whole, finish off what remained from the night before…..
Scared to close my eyes, to blink too long. Fear of a boring lecture or a slow movie(difficult whn ur in bmm) straining to stay alert in the thane slow local that sways its lonely way through the city of dreams. A nightmare waiting around the next tunnel.