All lights are low and streets are bare
Quiet, silent are my stares.
Uptown clock within the tower-
Golden chimes relay the hour.

I close my eyes and heave a sigh
Then toss and turn in sheets of white.
Stardust permeates the glass,
I kick and cuss at posts of brass.

Taunting shadows grace my hell
Dance they do across my cell
Hand in hand with evil grins
Mocking my eternal sins.

Thumping, pounding in my brain
Am I neurotic or insane?
Thoughts of you like some disease
Shackled thoughts, imprisoned dreams.

Heavy beads of fearful sweat
Across my brow and down my neck
Rapid heartbeat, jaws clenched tight
Boiling blood, the flesh ignites.

Foul toxins flood my head
It is this wickedness I dread.
I scritch and scratch and claw and tear
To cleanse myself of this affair.

Crack my skull with forceful might
I swear I'm going to sleep tonight.
Crimson puddles set me free
of shackled thoughts, imprisoned dreams.