Last night in my dream
I heard an extremely shrill scream,
To wake up; I did try,
But all I could do was cry.
Fear was penetrating my mind,
A way out; I could now find,
Was it for real or was it an illusion,
Howsoever I tried I could not reach a conclusion
It had been so sudden & so very real,
The pain was immense; it was all I could feel,
I was being murdered & stabbed to death,
And was struggling to take one last breath.
It was then that I woke up; I gasped for air,
What a scary night, it had been so unfair,
I leaped out of bed & ran to the bathroom at a fast pace,
And there in the mirror was the assassin's face.

AINESH MADAN,
Class VIII ‘B’
DPS (North) Bangalore.