sleep paralysis
Long
limber
frail
arms
swimming in a coffin
that stretches out
into a labyrinth
free falling
in space;
grim concentration
mingles with despair
as you search
for a way
out.
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claustrophobia dream or reality this makes me feel of desperation .. the wording is so expressive of this .. I want to strike out ..
Love this so raw like a scream 
I have never found anyone else who experiences sleep paralysis! Do you? I assume you must if you can write about it so well.
@beezknez:
I think you really got what was intended, thank you!
@Athena:
I really do get sleep paralysis, not too often, but when I do it’s terrible. Thank you for your comments!
Sleep paralysis? I had to look it up. Sounds mortifying and reading about it laid a great groundwork for the poem.
@Wine and Words:
It’s not fun!
I agry with people what sleep paralysis is not so fun at all. But for poem thanks anyway!