We were watching a movie
We were making jokes

Then you reached over
With what I remember to be a hand with 6 inch talons
The sides of my vision started to darken

Your hand rested on my thigh
You were all too close

I got up to "use the bathroom"
I sat in there for 5 minutes

I came back and sat as far away from you as possible
The problem was that it wasn't the last time

I wake up from nightmares with your face in them
I can't go back to sleep those nights

I try to move on each day
I try to erase your existence from my memory
In efforts of self preservation