nothing is harmless           
                       
                                          
 a  dream is around you, but also  inside 
 you,  and usually you  don't  leave  the 
              familiar modes.             
      sometimes you are careless, but     
 sometimes the  nightmare  comes to  you. 
                                          
 it  may shock you. it may  lure you  in. 
 even if  you  are  afraid,  it's  likely 
      you're just dreaming normally.      
                                          
 a nightmare sinks  it's teeth in you.  a 
      nightmare follows you back up.      
          waking is not escaping.         
                                          
 it  dissolves  or  it lingers.  maybe it 
          crawls away and hides.          
                                          
 or it could be a parasite that has  been 
 growing inside you,  graceful enough not 
                 to kill.