Counting

The stillness in the dark
seems to cry out
waking me from dream,
rousing me from slumber.
Into a world of silence,
where my world
is filled with the echoes of my breath
catching hard and fast.
The abrupt awakening
jolts adrenaline fuelled
heavy breathing,
which as it quietens
leaves a space between.
A moment without.
No light, no sound
Broken only by the ticking of the clock
behind me counting the time down.