A Nightmare to Remember You By

Standing alone in the center of the dark,
Shouting just to force a reprieve from the silence,
I listen to the echoes of my half-mad bark
And cringe at the warping of my fear into violence.
Something is out there, feeding on my terror,
Tearing at my soul, and it laughs at my defiance.
I shouldn't be here. This is all an error.
This is just a nightmare. This is not reality.
Heart beating wildly, can I stand the scare, or
Will I find the truth behind the dreaming world's causality?
Will I be another inexplicable fatality?