her eyes flutter shut
she sleeps like the dead
her dreams become nightmares,
she lives in her head.
a moment has passed
outside of her dream,
but a mere second is years
in her mystic extreme.
all the while she lies
convulsing in fear
for outside her subconscious
a monster is near.
but she can do nothing—
she’s trapped in this prison,
she cannot wake up—
for her monster has risen.
the monster’s eyes twinkle,
leaning back on his throne,
no one can save her—
for the dead sleep alone.
Sarah Uhlman is a junior at Pennsbury High School who likes art, traveling, and watching the X-Files with her family. She’s a Hufflepuff and her favorite Broadway musical is Phantom of the Opera.