Sleep

Falling back into bed
 

It’s been days it seems
 

Since I’ve closed my eyes for a moments rest
 

Hugging my pillow, covers over my head
 

I let sleep come over me
 

Fall victim to the simi-comatose state
 

 

Turn off my phone,
 

Maybe the world will just leave me alone
 

Let me pretend
 

Let my dreams carry me somewhere warm
 

Somewhere I’d love to be
 

 

Drift off to a sunny place by the water,
 

Sand castles and motes
 

Fruity drink,
 

Staying up late
 

 

Take me away,
 

Away from this reality
 

From the needing and wanting
 

Take away this uncertainty
 

And this pain in my chest
 

Let the day go by outside instead
 

 

Let me sit beside my Grandmother while she’s drinking coffee
 

Smell red velvet cake and fudge
 

The Magnolia out in the yard
 

Eating watermelon on the front porch
 

Not a care in the world
 

 

I’m drifting off
 

My body starts to float
 

I can’t hear a sound
 

But the beating of my heart
 

And the sound of breath
 

No more death
 

Cause I’m just a sleep in my bed
 

Alone at home