Night's Horrors

Life's realities keep me from sleep
All my past mistakes keeping me up
Just daring me to relive them
Shut my eyes and my past comes alive

Afraid to sleep
Afraid my darkest fears will arise
Afraid to live
Afraid those fears will come to life

Thinking through every step of every situation
To avoid more trauma
On a life that has already been scarred
Only makes it harder to take the blows when life hits

Afraid to sleep
Afraid my darkest fears will arise
Afraid to live
Afraid those fears will come to life

Life's too precious to live as such
It's best to live day by day
To take what life throws graciously
But it's easier said than done
When things come to haunt
In the vulnerable state of my mind

Afraid to sleep
Afraid my darkest fears will arise
Afraid to live
Afraid those fears will come to life

Dreams expose my fears in the most threatening ways
I can't escape that