Sleeping Through a Nightmare

Your soft marshmallow fur
Still keeps me warm.
Your comforting hugs
Still fill me with joy.
You will never leave my side again.
The trauma.

I tried to keep you away
From the hungry monster.
A tsunami of tears
Poured down.
Lightning screams echoed.
My heart skipped.
Waiting.

Emerging from inside the beast
You remain
Fast asleep.