without sleep

I am without sleep

but today

no more

These days,
talking to you is like
screaming.
Under water

No matter how loud
I am,
the waters will always drown out
my pleas.
To the ears that need to hear them.

I think I'm cracking under the pressure

Parasitic in its nature, it roams the earth
A filthy plague against the hope of humankind
And as it coats the beauty, diminishing what it's worth
All the singing stops, and love dies along with time

Sent from deep below the graves of all your loved ones
It crawls out just in time to destroy your life, too
As history rots from ten thousand burning suns
Everything dries up, and time starts something new

If the beauty could be seen inside diseases
If love could be found in the rot and foul decay
If happiness could be found without the missing pieces
Maybe all this planet's hate could fade away

It's a small bed we share
barely enough for the two
but big enough for the pair
to see the years sail through.

The wood now creaks with age
shrunk thin the old mattress
weighed down with passing days
buoyed up with embrace.

The pillows are thick with stains
of tears that flowed all the while
from rivers of joys shared pains
upon travel of the long trying miles.

Loyally it carries us along
our bed of priceless worth
could mere wood be that strong
if not bonded with warmth!

Too often, what many perceive as love
is merely attraction
Attraction will fade
love will grow stronger

I once had a friend who when we always used to play, played dead
I used to think it was really funny, those memories stay in my head
We would run around laughing
Where we would always be catching
Each other, trying to the other
I know that there will never be another
One day, while I was waiting for him to come over
I received the news...
And I still tell myself to this day...
He's just playing dead...