Exorcising a nightmare

when a dream seeped
into a dome of light,
I was already leaping
with tale of grand sights

I was falling into
days consciousness
but a demonic spell
had begun to possess

in a depth of sleep
in the quietest dark,
I felt a presence
slide to make a spark

a nightmare of jowls
shadowed his face,
then his slimy fingers
stuck into my grace

he took my thoughts
on a hellish ride,
I was hoping my mind
didn't burst open wide
 
the torture of angels
struggling on the racks,
was matched by the faeries
whip-marks on their backs

the mushrooms of love
had fungus and warts,
a cathedral of dreams
slipped out of all thought

with unicorns hobbled
and chains on their legs,
the elves head bandages
held together with pegs 

the beautiful sights
I had run back to tell,
was lost in a nightmare
as I was living in hell

but endless this horror
well, it wasn't to be,
as I write this poem
that dream is set free

but that's not to say
that it wont return,
as I sleep in the night
dreams start to burn