Tainted Dreams

I wake again, shaking with a scream
As I tear at my tangled hair
And whisper it's all a dream

I clutch my gut and search for breath
As I keep my eyes open wide
And almost pray for death

I feel the long lost infestation
As I scratch at my skin
And shake the away contamination

I rock back and forth, all alone again
As I sing a child's lullaby
And ask the angels to make it end;