I sit in the dark
Watching the shadows grow
The slightest sound
Turns into encroaching terror
The cat jumps off the desk
And I know he senses the doom too
He is running to escape it
Leaving me in the swirling chaos
My breath sounds too loud
And my racing heartbeat echoes
The dim light of the streetlight
Shows the way for demons to follow
Leading them to my soul
To destroy me from within
In a surreal waking nightmare
Unable to escape their reach
They pull me into the shadows
Never to be the same
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – surreal