i'm eating myself alive
eating eating eating
there is gnawing
chewing
swallows
shallow breathing
there are screams
dark shadows
darker than this darkness that surrounds me
deep figures in the corners
next to my bed
there is chasing
fighting
screaming
killing
dying
everything is warm
i am surrounded
there is floating
falling
drowning
murdering
there is terror 
there are teeth
claws
there is pain
melting faces
melting eyes
swaying sillhouettes
dark figures
flowing shadows
there is 
tossing
turning
tossing
turning
as i drift 
in and out and
in and out and
in and out
fetal position
surrounded
tossing
in
turning 
out
i hate it
hate it
hate it
hate it
hate it
make it stop
stop
stop
these nightmares
are more 
than i can handle
i want them gone
demons gone
shadows gone
screaming
crying 
killing
dying
gone 
gone
gone
there is heat
there is heat
it's too warm
but i am too afraid
i can't bring myself
to turn around
just pray
pray 
pray
i am eating myself alive
eating eating eating
and this has
got to
stop.