Sleep
It comes so easily for some
Not for me
Not right now
You can't sleep with a heartache
That dull pain that eats from the inside
The slow decay of your will power
I'm so tired
But my eyes won't close
Lonliness is burning my flesh
Brimming to the edge with longing
A deep unfulfilled need
A bottomless pit
A gaping abyss
Where does it end?
Not here for me
Maybe nowhere
Maybe there is only one place for it to end
But I could never begin to go down that road
As afraid as I am of the icy cavern in my chest
I'm terrified of the options that flutter into my mind
So I lay back down
My eyes wide open
My heart bleeding and raw
I don't know if I'll sleep
But tears are always a good sedative