Good poem, really liked the format.

Wow. That must be rough to deal with sometimes. Excellent poem!

The italics in this peice is really awesome...Its different indeed, and I like it. Zam: out

ooh, this i good. I remember some of the nightmares I used to have when I was younger, and when I woke i felt like i couldn't move. I wasn't actually paralyzed, but the feeling is more or less like the poem. Good work, I like it ^_^

i really liked this...i like how i feel the emotion...i'll read more of your writing

A little bit of background information for anyone who's interested: "Sleep paralysis is a condition in which someone [...] about to drop off to sleep, or just upon waking from sleep realizes that s/he is unable to move, or speak, or cry out. [...] People frequently report feeling a "presence" that is often described as malevolent, threatening, or evil. An intense sense of dread and terror is very common. The presence is likely to be vaguely felt or sensed just out of sight but thought to be watching or monitoring, often with intense interest, sometimes standing by, or sitting on, the bed. On some occasions the presence may attack, strangling and exerting crushing pressure on the chest. People also report auditory, visual, proprioceptive, and tactile hallucinations, as well as floating sensations and out-of-body experiences (Hufford, 1982). These various sensory experiences have been referred to collectively as hypnagogic and hypnopompic experiences (HHEs). People frequently try, unsuccessfully, to cry out. After seconds or minutes one feels suddenly released from the paralysis, but may be left with a lingering anxiety." ~watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/S_P2.html