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In the cold of the deep black abyss we call night,
I lay down to rest my weary body from another day lived
Onto a bed that feels like the beginning to a grave with it's warm
Embraced outline of my body where it is to lay to sleep.
Turning and rolling around within the confines of such a coffin
Brings a sensation of distraught, unsettling emotions that will not
Cease to exist for as long as I am to remain awake.
Continuing to stay awake now seems to have become as mission
For closing my eyes does nothing but stir the mind and all that has
Been put off the rest of the day. All the Anger from failed attempts,
The Hate in oneself that you cage for the benefit of society, The Love
That yearns to break free but is stuck guarding your Worries that
Seem to wander around everywhere causing havoc and releasing wandering
Demons.
Staring at the blank cealing breathing in the air that seems to induce a
Atmosphere that chokes you with your own thoughts and misery hidden. Restlessness
Brews around and the pillows once heartening now an annoyance with their
Rough texture and burning sensation. The blanket once giving a feeling of safety
Gives now a feeling that death will soon approach with glee.
Throwing it off, gasping for air, struggling to live,
Holding back the screams, stopping the tears from arriving.
This time is a rememberance of a time where I believed I was Broken.
This time now is like the time then. Uneasiness with whatever I do or
Think. Where I was once empty and nothing else mattered. Happiness
Fell from my vocabulary and survival was now a necessary term of endearment,
With a small hope that there was actually meaning in the word "survive."
That there was a point to the word and an outcome that would benefit the
Rest of those around me. As it seemed a flatline was the only way to bring back
Joy to relatives and friends surrounding my unlucky situation.
This here now in the coffin of my room, of my bed, lies a calling for
Saving from this panic attack and insomnia. Tonights restiveness only brings
A deeper, darker pothole to riverbanks under my eyes. It only brings more
Blood to the sight where people stare and expect to see pleasure in my
Contentment with what has come to pass.
Though tired and on the edge of breaking, the river still continues to
Steal the little bit of sand that is within me down to the bottom of a waterfall
That ends on the dirt bed where I try to rest in peace.
I think to myself why all of these emotions? What is the need for them?
Why do I have them? Realizing it is one of those things that make us human; But
How human is it to feel empty? Something missing from your chest- that
Muscle that used to lay between my lungs and protected by my ribs no longer
Has a pulse which the rest of my body can feel.
With all of these sentiments being aroused inside of me, my clothes on the outside
Have a determination to strangle me by the neck, by the waist, by my arms,
By my legs. Bearing with this feeling is no longer tolerable and I must shred these
Clothes and recumberate to a state where I can be "relaxed". A place where
Normality isn't an complete impossibility.
The night goes on and this queen sized bed does not shrink. It still
Remains empty. The missing piece to this bed struggles as I do, to find
Safety but does not know where to find it for neither do I. Instead the
Springs within the bed that hold it up begin to crumble and a hole begins
To engulf the outling of the container in which used to hold my lost soul.
Silence is very painful in the sense that it doesn't help the present
Condition but only adds to an undead sensation. No light, no sound, no
Connection; Just me and my memories that forcefully shred their way into
The rest of my body like a serraded knife inching it's way into wood,
Slowly but surely to death.
- Title: A Sleepless Night
- Artist: Husk3
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Description:
The title describes it all. As a heads up, there is an allusion to one of my other poems "Broken"
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Thank You - Date: 07/05/2010
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- InfamyKidd - 08/02/2010
- Very good very good. i give a bow to your works. 5 star
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