The girl in my dream

"Ghost..."

As soon as the word formed in my head

My eyes awoke but my mind did not open

And there she stood, faceless like a blank piece of paper

Her white dress making up the shape of her body

Her wraithe arms almost not there;

They said I had to move my pinky finger

But in my paralysis, my arms were boulder-heavy

They said I had to pray

Yet in front of her, the phrases could not even begin

I shut my eyes, instead, hoping

That by the time I open them she'd be gone

But when I did, she only kept getting nearer

Like a phantom in a movie

Only that this wasn't a movie

But my nightmare

I struggled to unsee her

Yet she just narrowed the gap between us

Until she was leaning into me

And I was shouting at the top of my lungs

And I was screaming for help

But my useless muscles would not permit

A sensible sound to escape

Soon I woke up, truly awake

I sprang to a sit

Searched for her

Thought of her

I wished it was like any other dream

The longer you think of it

The fainter the memory becomes

But not her

She lingers.