the nightmare

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i awoke
with tears
streaming down my face,
leaving wet streaks along my skin.
a cold sweat on my brow.
my hands instinctively moving
up to my neck,
my eyes darting across the room,
fully alert,
searching for a figure
that i have been forced to become
familiar with.

i could still feel his cold icy fingers
making their way around my neck,
suffocating me.
i may have gotten
out of his grasp,
but i have not escaped him;
for he still haunts me
in my sleep...

i fear there is no escape.

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