I lie in bed at night
Hoping, praying, begging for sleep
To dream
To ease the nightmare of life
To bind the wounds tight
And forge the scars
Deep, meaningful, reminding
Times of relentless pain
A shadowed past
Overcome to feel the sting
Of a blackness that tickles my skin
Iss a warm welcome to my own mind
My own hell burning in tears
Falling down my cheeks
Tapping the floor
Such a sick harmonious beat
Only to be smothered by my footsteps
Harping in rhythm,
The rhyme of the next day
Of defeat