Sitting in the boat, on a peaceful afternoon

Unknown to me, a shadow slinks underneath

The light catches just right

To reveal it to my eyes

The reaction is immediate

Heart pounding, blood rushing in my ears

Everything else is drowned out

I’m numb, I’m blind, I can’t feel

Everything is dark

As I grope at the wall

For a door, for a window

For a light switch, anything at all

People’s voices echo around me

But they are drowned out

By the screaming of the people in the room

I start screaming too, because how can I not?

Terrifying, horrifying, feelings whatnot

It’s not real, it’s not real, I tell myself

But it feels more real than the real world itself

My hands reach my ears to plug out the screams

I press harder and harder, willing to be free

I can’t hold on much longer, I need to escape

But all in all, it’s not real

And how can you escape something inside your head?