sleeplessness
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I heard your voice
over my morning alarm.
Then it was silence.
I picked myself
off of the hard wood floor,
Got dressed
Reached for the door
and felt you on its brassy doorknob.
Oh rambunctious mind
When will you unwind?
You toss & you turn
Like this body of mine
You pound in my head
As if you're filled with dread
Sleeplessness encapsulates my thoughts
Riddles holes into confident
Tarps
Roofing
Windbreakers
Breaking wind all over my
Overjoyed
Overstimulated
Your brown eyes enchant me
While My insides haunt me
With wings of butterflies flapping around
Breaking the spider webs for a new era
My thoughts provoke me to say shut-up
While my heart is whispering speak up
I envy the sheets that wrap and twist around you.
I envy the pillow where you rest your head.
I envy the floorboards to which you whisper your sleeping secrets
and that catch your seldom tears.
My eyes are getting heavy
My body’s falling asleep
But my mind keeps on reaching
For a truth I cannot see
It’s out there somewhere so far away
Or is it in my chest so close to home?
