and all the world
was sleeping
but i couldn't
find the power
to shut my
widened eyes
and stop my
brain from
creating worlds
of its own

you see,
i'm trying to
not think
about you
or how you
used to lie
in the space
beside me

but i can't stop

my mind is
creating new
cities and
islands and
even planets
under your
name and
i think they're
claiming my
mind as their
permanent
residence

i'm fearing
the possibility
of losing you

not to death
nor to oblivion

but to yourself
and to that
pain in your
gut that has
replaced all
the butterflies
with everything
you feared

and you're
throwing out
your heart
like how you
burned down
all our records
that one summer

you said then
that when you
listen too much
to a track  
you loved,
you begin to
love it less

but this time,
you're throwing
me out of
your life
like a beat up
record that
you have played
too much
and just got
sick of      

but i keep
waiting

i pass sleep                      
and i pass up
dreaming

because i'm
waiting for
that day
you pick
me up again
and play me
on repeat,
not fearing
what the
neighbours might
think of your
obsession with
that one track