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.