I run through the jungle My heart pounding in my throat My breath ripping my chest apart Fear beating against my back I stumble and fall I can feel it closer to me Reaching out to tear my mind apart With a desperate effort I am away Running Darkness pushing at me Trying to drag me back Attempting to wrap me in the damp stench of my fear I claw at the night Trying to sink my fingers into the darkness, to rip my way free I feel fear swimming in my blood like a living thing Making every nerve scream I run Until there is nowhere else to go I push desperately against the nothingness Only to feel my own fears closing around my throat Like claws ripping at my soul I burst free To find myself wrapped in sweat, tangled in my sheets Gasping for breath Laying on my own bed.