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Sleep Paralysis or Duplexity


Sleep but not deep Mind awake but not complete Control of muscles Not in my control Haunted and horrified I feel paralysed Try my best to open my eyes Scream for help and move my hand This terrorised immobility, I cannot understand . I notice the doorknob rotating Hear footsteps of someone prowling Feel the touch of creepiness Surveilling glance of sinisterness See a devil floating around In pool of fear, I get drowned Someone unwanted in my room? An intruder, I presume! Pressure is on my chest and I'm strangled My body smothered and my gullet throttled Suffocated I am, as about to die An unseen force, I spy And suddenly appears a demon Seized I am completely by the evil He grasps and puts me in sack Or is it incubus attack? I spin, I fly I fall, I glide I hover up above myself From my body, I feel expelled I sense another set of body Identical to mine virtually This out of body experience Is apparently consistent With omnipresent and paranormal dualism Divinely soul and body relation. #MywordsOnMycanvas
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