13 AM I'm jolted from a sweaty slumber.
My screaming eyes see black,
their bloodshot veins - internal thunder.
My cause of panic remains unknown -
masked by the looming maniac that grows.
I fall back into the cemetery of my bed,
my head retains its role as the silent willow encroaching on death,
sinking in the ground to be remembered as a sinkhole
as my head with a diminishing brain sinks into its pillow.
No comfort is found by the anesthetic creep of sleep.
Lullabies sing of devils' eyes and I count mutilated sheep.
My mind remains in an influensic rage,
as fear lessens none in the headless chicken's rampage.
The crash of a medieval bell aids the spine-clutch of the spell,
my throat constricts like settling lead,
as echoes like a wall of mirrors sustain the fright in my head.
There's no more deathly feeling that I find than silence in my room and pandemonium in my mind.
credits
from Kylee Memorial Demo,
released September 13, 2019
Soundclip from the beginning of Nightmare Enterprises 's performance at Kylee's Memorial show
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