Silence

A poem about sleep paralysis

Click Click Click... 

Silence... 

Deep smothering night 

Paralyzed movements 

My body starts to fight 

Staring into empty cold eyes 

My cries are met with silence 

In this deep smothering night... 

It starts with silence 

In the deep dark night 

Whence your haunted return 

Strike me from life 

Cold dark fingers that bend and tie 

Pleads and cries are consumed 

by black hollow eyes 

consumed by silence 

In this deep smothering night... 

Tick-tock 

Tick-tock 

Tick-tock 

Even clicks of time- lost to me, 

 Within this haunted dream 

Of silence... 

In the deep cold night... 

Where I’m met with shadowed cold eyes 

That keep me paralyzed In silence... 

and the deep smothering night... 

It’s the silence... 

The paralyzing quiet, 

Feeling dreams that realities scene 

It’s sanity one starts to question 

As not a soul can mention... 

Those haunted shadow eyes 

That are known to paralyze... 

Daunting, chilling haunting Bending, gripping winding, Silent. Smothering. Night... Prayers and sighs 

Meet empty holes for eyes

Reviews

[Thepensiveplayer]

Amazing and breath-taking! I love how you use dreams to coincide with your body and feelings during such a difficult night. Its like the mind and body are going against the reality of the rest we need, but also taking away the solace a dream is supposed to bring. Perhaps this can cause us to feel unnerving, restless and maybe a bit fearful at times. Still, I believe everything can be worked through when near one who cares for you. Keep up the good work.

[annalysiar]

Thank you for your kind words I’m glad you enjoyed it

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Like a person who suffered from sleep paralysis for several years. I can totally relate to your writing. At my case I always felt some heavy weight like the beast sitting on me and I cannot breath. Also that beast scream to my ears some very bad dirty words
It was always very ugly experience. One time I actually woke up before the beast show up and since beast is gone. I like your precise description cause person who knows what sleep paralysis is really is .Can totally relate. All the best and I hope you sleep paralysis will be soon gone .

[annalysiar]

I am sorry you suffered it as well.
I’ve only dealt with it a few times and now sleep it’s self is an anxiety for me

[TV]

Night equals fascination for me. Inspiration comes to me in the dark. Thoughts spring up like mushrooms after a rain. I feel all distractions are eliminated in darkness and it is a gift allowing us to refocus. What we see depends so much on our lives at the time. A very thoughtful write! Keep it up...

[annalysiar]

You’re very kind and thank you
I wish the best for you as well

[barleygirl]

This is a well-written poem, but I went into it with a question mark in my mind. You mention "sleep paralysis" right under the title & so I'm reading while wondering if your poem describes a known sleep affliction (if so, please explain in authors notes) or if this is a novel way to describe everyday sleep issues that anybody might have. I'm not sure if the problem is the act of sleeping itself or a lack of sleep or if this is a dream phenomenon, as one reviewer mentions. I love all the different & interesting & powerful ways you convey a feeling of what this feels like, but I just wish I was a little better informed as to what exactly this poem is saying. I know this narrator has a sleep problem & I know how it must feel, but I don't know how the actual sleep manifests for this person!?!?! Not that it matters. Sometimes mystery is the point (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[annalysiar]

You’re kind and I will keep that in mind
When one deals with sleep paralysis the mind wakes up before the body if we are keeping it medical.
Spiritually it’s called ‘soul traveling’ as so broadly put in the movie invidious.
Or it could mean that an entity visits you and tries to take your life from an occult version.
This is very open because sleep problems are open to Interpretation just like ‘sleep paralysis’