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.