Dreaming Within my Dream: Not a Rip-off of a Poem by Poe

I had the most bizzare dream last night.

I was lying on my bed, trying to go to sleep. I was exhausted. But as I did this, I started to feel...things. Like there were darker presences around me, trying to perpetually pull me into this sleep. And when I slept, I was haunted by nightmares. The presences I felt were overcome with glee; they wanted to do everything they could to torment me.

I kept trying to wake myself up to escape the nightmares, but as soon as I did I would be pulled back into them. There was a point where I had a hard time knowing whether I was dreaming or awake.

I just know that throughout this dream I was tired and terrified, and I couldn't stop the nightmares myself.