I lay on my stomach My joint bent ninety degrees At my hip and my knee My body makes an imprint on the mattress Like a crime scene photo of what used to be As I try to stumble into sleep But my mind’s stuck in drive Rehearsing conversations with the other side of the bed Wishing in the morning someone would remember what was said Besides me Pray to wake up with gills so I can breathe Underwater Under covers Underneath My body begs for a wave of unconsciousness To pull me out to sea For my mind To cast visions like sails To be picked up by the wind and whims, anchor to what could be Until a lost melody Or a stray note Wanders into my periphery And my dreams are swept away to an unknown destination Driven by association Free Wander into another’s Lucid dream Sacrifice autonomy As someone takes control It’s just a different type Of relief I check the time, the clock’s broken It’s 3:05 incessantly I’m giving up, bleeding out Hours of needed sleep Trapped in this purgatory of the in-between Nightmare Night sweats It’s all a common side effect Of…
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