Nightmare

I don't know why I was so surprised by a scorpion's bite

but these stings bleed in my dreams

and in my dreams I try to pinch away the pain

and in my dreams I am screaming voiceless screams

and in my dreams I am sprinting without moving

and in my dreams I am falling while standing

and in my dreams I try to save the dead from the living

How many times will I have to read the same chapter in different books?

I wish I could expectorate these scourges of nightmares