Sleep

Drooping eyelids,
Colorless images,
Muted sound.
Call of the dreams,
The beginning of the escape.

Lie down,
Creaking bed,
The sighing of the pillow,
Eyes shut,
Descending darkness.

The explosion of colors,
The realm of imagination.
A sniper in the jungles of Africa.
A spy in East Germany during the Cold War.
A dying cancer patient.
A random conscience in the future.
A shipwrecked sailor on a deserted island.
Being chased by that monster,
Running,
Trapped,
The edge of the void,
Falling... falling... falling
Gasp.
Eyes wide open,
Heaving chest,
A shiver.
Welcome back to unreality.