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.