10:00 P.M. The night you come home from what feels like the best day ever. Nothing could ever ruin this moment. You rush inside with that satisfying feeling of warmth hitting your exposed skin, excited to see your parents... You forget to lock the door. While brushing your teeth, you get a feeling that you forgot to do something. You cannot remember, so it must have not been too important. Plus you are too distracted by the flaws of your reflection. After brushing your teeth you crawl into your comfortable bed with the soft blankets, thinking it is the best place on earth. Finally, you fall asleep, feeling as happy and as safe as ever.
4:00A.M. Who would have known, the best, happiest, safest place on Earth could turn into the worst, most depressing, filthiest place. You wake up with what feels like a hand of ice covering your mouth. It is on top of you. It is sucking all of the strength, youth, dignity, innocents, and happiness out of you. You are so scared you can't move. Your stomach feels like it twisted inside out. You are so shocked you can't speak, you can't scream, you can't cry. But the absolute worst part about it, is that you can't see who it is. You can't see who is ruining your life. You can't see who is taking your youth away. Or maybe you did see them. Maybe you know who it is, but choose not to recognize them. Imagine pressing your finger tips against a stove at it's highest temperature, and having no medication to heal the wound. That is how piercing the pain is.
4:00 A.M. You wake up, shaking, scared, alarmed, sweaty, and breathing hard. You sit in silence trying to figure out what is going on. Then you finally realize, you just suffered your first case of sleeping paralysis. It was a dream.
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