Pavor Diurnus (Fremde Träume 1)

Moreover, what I see disturbs me
Scenes in insanely fast succession
My brain is flooded with stimuli
With these images that seem to have sprung from the sick movie of a mad director
Although I'm sure I can't open my eyes
Something has glued them shut

I see myself doing things I don't want to do

I see people I've never seen before
And yet they seem strangely familiar to me

Two scenes, however, repeat over and over
In one, I fall from a great height
I fall and fall until I finally recognize the earth as a gray surface in the night below me and rush towards it

In the other, I am trapped in a long corridor, from which several heavy doors lead off
All are locked, except one
All are rusty and partially overgrown with a strange, seemingly organic substance
All, except one
Something pushes and pulls me towards this one cell and I feel: I am not alone