It is just passed sunset

All the lights have been

Turned down low; she

Hears the distant smack of rocks on water.

She closes her eye

Knowing all is well;
Nothing can hurt her

She is perfectly is perfectly safe...

It's half past midnight,
And she wakes with a start;
She reaches up to place a shaking hand

Over her heart...

All around her is black,
No other color apparent.
She lays back down, wishing

Her dream hand't happened...

"A dream, it was all a dream"
She tells herself over and over.

It was no ordinary dream;
But a nightmare that would

Begin soon...