stolen slumber.

Why is my mind still

Tick tick ticking

Chewing on these guilt pills

Scratching til my skin bleeds

Trying not to see,

See that shadow in the corner

A plague in my head

Or is it?

Staring at this screen

All night if I have to

Avoiding all that dark space

Yet sleep will keep evading me

Eyes won't rest a second now,

This rhythm needs to stop

Before it builds into a hurricane

Of weeping, shaking, sad again

Not that again.

Leave me, please.

Let me ease into

A dreamless slumber,

No screaming, faded pictures

Twisted faces, scary places

Just, sleep. Peace.

Come back to me.