Waiting

Save me from the things that I see at night,
the creatures haunt me where they hide,

to shake and shiver with all my might,
without a single ounce of pride.

The nightmares that startle me awake,
evil things remain lurking in my sight,
the memories I can’t seem to shake,
bring me out of the darkness, into the light.

I can’t seem to shake it, don’t let it break me,
fighting to hold my head up higher,
take my being into your own and free me,
open your arms up wider,
and guide me.

The shadows dancing their eerie saunter,
scattering against my skull’s walls,
low to the ground, their motive like a hunter,
into the darkness I continue to crawl.