Everybody’s having bad dreams,
but they can’t scream,
because they’re asleep.
Can’t fight,
and can’t run away.
Caught in their heads,
stuck in place.
I think I’m the only one awake,
until I’m the one being chased,
and my legs won’t run,
and I can’t get to my gun,
and I realize my mistake.
It always ends this way.
HG – 2020
