Falling Asleep And Waking Up

Falling asleep and waking up
are symptoms of the
same disease
which
infects as it
creates
false realities
we are compelled to
believe.
Inside us all are levels of
security which we have created
to define the loss we feel inside.
Puzzles and pretence, rules and dogma,
which perpetuate
our loneliness as we
babble words at one another.
Truth exists, but we fear it. We
do not want to see its name.
In seeing it, we must submit to
a reality
that contradicts the games we create
that we call
living a life.

I'm weak with riddled questions
which
have
popped up
in defiance
to the locked cell doors.

So many confused eyes locating
numbing drugs which will
ease the solitude of survival.
What remains?
What is left to be?

Nothing stays real unless we
define it and so we
find that as a group we are
soiled individuals
struggling to lie.

What is left?
Only the question "Why?"

Reviews

[Daddy's Little Girl]

I absolutely love this!

[Amila Jay]

So many confused eyes locating
numbing drugs which will
ease the solitude of survival.
What remains?
What is left to be?

Excellent write :))

[WhiteWillow]

Very, very deep and to-the-point. A wonderful write

[Manpreet]

Nice work!

[Mary Chalmer]

Wonderful poem!!

[Michael West]

Your poem captured the essence of an experience that is universally recognized and applicable to everyone's life experience. Nicely done.

[Sometimes Blood]

A thought provoking write

[Leslie Philibert]

Chris is a master of enjambment, the words flow brillantly,every phrase masterly fragmented and paced.I admire the way he very rarely uses commas and so excellently uses long phrases to invoke meaning and effect.Good work.

[sharonlee]

Thought provoking and on the theme as my writing today.

[Renny]

Well done my dear!