Days inside drain me

That's put in simplest terms

As the sky changes colors and the world bustles with an unimaginable energy

I stay inside

For those who never had this problem

Let me help you understand

 

To sit here while life continues there

Drains my sense of being

That I do not exist, nor will I ever exist outside of these floors and walls

I stay inside

You could hang a sign on me saying

Vacant, no life

 

If they say sleep is for the dead

Then I am already in my grave

Unable to leave my mark on another soul or show the love that is welling inside

I stay inside

I lock the doors, throw away the key 

And shut the blinds.