Free verse № 158
wrenched away from what?
cold sweat.
i awake in the night, and the ceiling greets
my open eyes, and i take shallow, hurried breaths.
i realize that the hell i just escaped from
dwells within the same mind i was raped from.
i sit up straight towards the higher ceiling,
embracing the lack of illumination
stemming from my nightmare.
Pain was somehow Real there...
i can still remember
why my life was stapled down,
why i lost my sense of touch...
You were absent from my sleep tonight.
i could not find you between the tattered pages
Reaching out in all directions for countless ages
my hands gripped nothing but false
insight.
But you are alive in my thoughts with day
I can feel you among the mended hollows.
i clasp your hand in mine, and we can follow
this path of life
before seperation swallows it away.
dead sleep.
i do not move in the night, and steady breathing
is the only audible sound my binded heart allows.
the phone rings at a start, leaving a dull sound in the air
Calling me to react, as though i ever even cared...
i sit up straight, striking head to ceiling
Embracing pain as redemption
Stemming from delusion.
Life was somehow Real there,
i can still remember
Wen my eyes were stapled shut,
when i lost my fading hold...
and i missed your voice, i think, i think you called me
or was that a dream?
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