Yume no seirei

As darkening shadows dim reality

Weaving the cobwebs of dreams into imagination

On my pallet, I close the windows to mortality

And drift into another dimension

 

A muted rustling, from corn husks, that fill my tick

Against my skin, a bulge slithers

Conjuring images of serpents, tongues that flick

Their awakening, to my heat.... instict shivers

 

Above me, bat wings fluttering, then silence

On my pillow a simultaneous plop

To my cheek, tiny footsteps threaten violence

A shudder, vomitus reflexive leap.... I stop

 

Frozen in half dream, my eyelids sewn shut

All muscles paralyzed, unable to move

I listen for my infant close by in the hut

It's rythmic breathing so soft and smooth

 

Strong grows the smell of musty mold

Turning to the odor of rotting flesh

A spider is nigh, the smell foretold

Hair stands on end, skin prickles afresh

 

At eyes stitched, I pick and pull

Breaking the threads of slumber

In the doorway with darkness full

Through bleary vision a silouette of umber

 

Two black holes where eyes should be

Dark, bloody tears flowing

Run to the maw of this banshee

With splintered teeth glowing

 

All fades to black, quiet and serene

In the morning's light of sky

Two knotholes where the eyes were seen

I shudder with relief, and sigh

 

But on pillow arachnid debris

From the window escapes a bat

Two puncture marks on my cheek there be

From the tick's tear, a viper's habitate

 

To the crib my eyes now flee

My baby.... still asleep on the mat