long arms wrapped around me
tightly clasped they hold me firm
fingers tighten round my throat
arms are pinned against my side
envelop me in sleep

all around and around and around me like death

a black cloud drifts around my head
breathing, teasing in my hair
smothering my mind in sleep
as night pulsates in red and black
phantoms rise about my head

all around and around and around me like death

spiders with 800 eyes
are spinning webs of frozen cries
of children trapped like sugar witches
precious stones of deep night's dreams
making love in a blackened room

all around and around and around me like death

life slows into muddy cracks
someone in my bed is killing me
rainbows flood my naked sheets
while my precious nightmare jacket
my precious nightmare jacket

folds around and around and around me like death