What Lurks In The Shadows......

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My greatest terrors are re-lived inside my dreams, they are the demons that lay in wait for me to return so that the attack can begin. They are brutal and ruthless. The slice and rip only enough to cause great agony, so as to prolong my suffering. They come from the pitch black to gash wounds upon my back, I turn to find nothing there. Stones fly at me as if from nowhere, to strike me in the face and head, knocking me to my knees. I cry for naught, the tears only fuel their delight. Faster then my eyes can see they strike out, severing tendons so that I cannot run, only crawl like a wounded, helpless animal. The feel of cold steele enters my stomach as if it were butter, sliding slowly into me, the pain like a burning lightening bold coursing through my body. On and on the assault continues until I feel my life slipping away. Finally sweet release is coming...... I feel the pain begin ebbing away as the death that I have so long awaited comes to collect me, to free me once and for all........ and then I sit bolt upright in my bed, tears streaming down my face, shivering, in a cold sweat, hair soaked through, clothes stuck to my body like a glove. I sit and sob, still alive, and I know I will have to go through it over and over again as surely as I am breathing.

Just_April1974