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Eyes slam open—premature awakening

Cliffhanging bed of sweat-drenched sheets teeters at the edge

Curiosity could kill if it were reality

but inherent protection from death beckons re-entry

Back into bed to tip it over the cliff

plunging body and bed back into the seas of sleep

Back into the nightmare

Back into the horror

Cannot resist—must see where it leads

Back into sleep—time to finish the nightmare

Finish the nightmare

Learning to love fighting nightmares as they come

Learning to love all the nightmares as they come

For every dream to be lived, there are nightmares to be paid

For every dream to be lived, there are nightmares to be paid

Personal, mental simulation, as if burned into film

in the leading part of a horror story...

—Back into bed to tip it over the cliff

plunging body and bed back into the seas of sleep

Back into the nightmare...

Back into the horror...

Learning to love fighting nightmares as they come

Learning to love all the nightmares as they come

Never want to live someone else's life

Never want to live someone else's lie...