Sleep Paralysis

It watched me from the closet door
One eye leering through the crack.
Its breathing deeper than a roar
Waiting for me to turn my back.
My body stiff beneath the sheet
Still shivering, despite the heat
Of a second eye blinking bright
As clear as day, absent of light.

I tried my best to just ignore
And blame it on the sleep I lack.
I heard no footsteps on the floor,
So there was no threat of an attack.
No ghostly force for me to meet,
Just nightmares full of self deceit.
A symptom of a sleepless night,
Just farfetched fears and senseless fright.

But resting had become a chore,
My blanket taut without some slack.
The breathing louder than before
Of what was lurking in the black.
I tried my best to be discrete,
Preparing for a swift retreat.
But still I laid, my body tight
Fighting to move with all my might.

It placed its hand upon my core
Feeling my flesh like bric a brac.
A wretched feeling I abhor
Afraid it might make me its snack.
Til sunlight made shadows retreat
I knew that night had been complete.
I blamed what happened on my sight,
And still I fear to face tonight.