Mister Paralyze is what I call him.

He has no eyes and very pale skin.

He has a toothless smile that gapes ear to ear and clicks his red tongue whenever he's near.

When Mister Paralyze arrives I try to scream.

But he steals my voice and pulls me to the in-between.

It's cold in there and there is nowhere to hide.

Just an empty black space with nothing in sight.

When he shows himself he's naked and old.

He's thin and boney with a long pointy nose.

His red tongue clicks and my body locks up.

I fall onto my back and I know I'm fucked.

In that moment I am motionless.

My body is a prison of bone and flesh.

I can hear him creeping, clicking his tongue.

Getting closer and closer as I burn to run.

When he touches my skin I feel cold and drained.

He creeps up my body like ice in my veins.

Then, he sits on my chest with his knees up high and he starts breathing in deep as he covers my eyes.

That's when the air becomes hard to find.

That's when I become completely terrified.

I try to breathe as deep as I can but Mister Paralyze has other plans.

Wishing, begging, CLAWING to break free from this terrible suffocating agony.

I cannot breathe! I cannot breathe!

That's when he stops and whispers demonically,

"Souls are such delicacies. A little bit more and you'll be just like me."

Right then and right there, I almost feel Death.
But I am released and allowed my breath.

Each time I am visited by Mister Paralyze I feel a bit more dead and empty inside.

(Click the title of the post to watch the short Film on Jessica Alba’s YouTube Channel - ASMR You Scared of the Dark Episode 1)