When the lights are all dim
All the candles blown out

I lay awake, staring at the ceiling
The shadows from streetlights dance across the walls

My mind falls to other places, to places I can't see
Things I don't know and others I can't be

My eyes fall closed but not asleep
I can count not a single wink, a single dream, a single sheep

The lights are all out, the candles all dim
Salt mines behind my eyes leave me feeling exhausted

But sleep doesn't come, only daylight, as each night
The masks we keep hide our true selves

I am but an insomniac, hidden behind the guise of someone without bagged eyes
Someone without a speech problem or low self-esteem

My mask is but a pair of eyes, dark and deep, full of life