Let the night take its victims

Awoken by a scream
So clear in the night
Drowned by tears
Resurrected by fright

Unknown is its source
Knees curled to the chest
Let the night take its victims
Memories will take the rest

Step meekly to the door
Take a look around
A turn of the head
Only darkness is to be found

Lost, broken and confused
The source of the scream is gone
It dawns as does the daylight
It has been that long...

Standing silent in the doorway
The light creeping through
The mind lost of all time and direction
The body lost of soul too

No one was there
Just as they couldn't be before
Just as they couldn't save you
They left you shaken to the core

The memories once derived
Are now as clear as the sky is blue
The scream in the night that was heard
Was the lost and broken...you.