Le Cauchemar

Moonlit blankets
abed
child tossed

Too-warm sheeting
strewn
youth stressed

Rapid panting
breathed
girl lost

Frozen members
limp
limbs stilled

Night terror
only
not a ghost

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Copyright 2014 Femme Malheureuse
@ApparatusMag #NaPoMo 2014 Prompt 13
Graphic: The Nightmare by J H Fuseli via Wikipedia