Every Night

Again, again and again

A light shines in my face

My eyes burn and I’m forced to squint

Something touches my shoulder

I shiver and start to run

Run, run and run

It touches my shoulder again

The same shiver

But I can’t move

I can’t scream

I wake

Again, again and again

A light shines in my face

My eyes burn and I’m forced to squint

Something touches my shoulder

I shiver and start to run

Run, run and run

It touches my shoulder again

The same shiver

But I can’t move

I can’t scream

I wake
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Addie Cadwell

VT

19 years old

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