It Haunts Me Again..

Sitting in that dark room staring at the bright screen, trying to look around but can’t see anything except for the dark staring back at me, I figured there will be no use trying to check if someone is coming knowing that everyone is already asleep while I’m the only person awake waiting for anyone to show up, anyone that would keep me company for a while..

I look at the time in the lower corner of my screen, it’s 2:30am, something tells me I still have a few hours before I start feeling tired or sleepy.. I look outside the window next to the chair I’m on; I can feel the bright stars affecting all the buildings surrounding my area, filling the air with silence..

I turn around to my bright screen, I notice that half an hour has passed since the moment I moved the curtains to look outside..
I heard a sound, someone running, I try to listen closely, the sound begins to grow louder as if the person is coming towards me, but even with all that, I can still feel the safety in my room since I can’t see what it is, I wait for a moment, the sound starts fading away.. I can hear laughter, as if the sound was coming from a child, noticing that there are two sources of that sound, two children laughing, running after each other, shouting in a language I can’t pick up, I felt even more safe when hearing their laughter as I knew that no harm will come from them.. I look at the time, it’s 4 am, and so it hits me, “what are these children doing at a time like this?” As I soon as I asked myself that question, the sound begins to approach me, the laughter is becoming louder, I knew that something was going to happen, something not pleasant, I stand up, I walk back trying to concentrate to remove all the bright light in my eyes in order to see who’s coming.. The sound gets louder every second.. I knew that within any moment the children will show up in front of me, I can’t wait, I have to see who it is..



At that moment, before seeing anyone, I got that feeling.. The feeling that holds me from moving or shouting for help, as if there is a force growing with the sound, trapping all my senses.. I close my eyes just a second before the source of the sound shows up in front of me..

I wake up in my bed, my hands and chest all sweaty, even with the cold breeze of the conditioner and fan. I can feel my heart beating really fast as the feeling is still holding me, I try to move, and with every little movement, a large amount of that force fades away..

This is the feeling that has been haunting me for more than 8 years now, it keeps on repeating itself with different dreams and nightmares, and it attacks when I least expect it..