#melatonin
1:07am
i lay sprawled out on a bed.
not my bed-- a bed.
i think i forgot what happened.
i hope the stranger sitting on that desk
near this bed knows.
maybe i greeted him
or maybe i turned over at the look of his face.
maybe i greeted him and turned over
and saw the handle of my handbag
shining under an open window.
then i probably reached for the bag
but was held short by my arm length.
so the stranger got up and handed it to me.
i hope i thanked him.
i believe i then took out a bottle
of little melatonin gummies.
so i could actually fall asleep after
30 minutes of ceiling-staring.
i think the stranger took his share too.
then he finally slipped into bed.
did he mutter goodnight?
or did my lovely melatonin guide me
to slumber along with my imagination.
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC
I saw you in another dream last night,
And you said you'd been waiting for my arrival,
But only as a hallucination and never as flesh,
Pushing you fingers into my subconscious to see what segments of mine
That you could take for yourself.
Calliope looked just like you,
In spirit and in eminence.
///
I cannot help but adore you in a hopeless and pitiful way,
A stubborn and selfish, reflective way.
I cling to hope in glimpses of you,
And I feel my cells drawn to the idea of you.
///
I don't know if I'll ever be okay with it all.
The notions of the lives I didn't pursue keep popping up to me
As bright fluorescence to tell me that I have more time
And more opportunities.
I search for muses like fireflies...
I catch their light and I let them go.
Feb 28
Feb 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM UTC
she comes to me
with her chemical haze
dulling my senses
warming my veins
clouding my mind
with her seductive ways
she comes to me
to take me away
Jun 22, 2023
Jun 22, 2023 at 12:53 PM UTC
sticky and sweet
synthetic acai
slips off my tongue.
driving home in
oblivion,
but always ready for bed.
thank you for being my
favorite friend.
Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020 at 9:23 PM UTC
I can’t sleep at night
I’ve got elements I’m facing
And in my dreams I need it most to see this vision that I’m chasing
And if I wander deeper against this grain
Will I split this earth in two,
Maybe I was born in cycle, maybe I am recycled youth
Still
I can’t sleep at night
That’s when the lost come knocking
Sleep is what is needed most
A rest from a view that I am blocking
Resist the temptation to be tired
Because it comes and goes throughout the day -
Sleepless nights, up late wondering when I will stop standing in my own way
But still
Sleepless nights
I can’t sleep
Sleepless nights
Set me free
Sleepless nights
Lie a-wake
Sleepless nights
Stand in my-way
And tomorrow is here but for the moment so I get up to live the day
Another round of forgotten souls harvest the moon’s decay
And these sleepless night keep me from seeing a life from a brighter point of view-
I can’t sleep at night
So the next day is never new.
~Bre Womble
Sep 4, 2020
Sep 4, 2020 at 1:59 AM UTC
the wind whistling outside my window
dying to get in
wanting to intrude on my conversation
the loud snores of the two bodies that lie beside me
not a sound travels into the room
we are the perpetrators
my room full of concepts
i can no longer focus on the conversations
distracted by the cries of the wind
and the roars of the beasts inhabiting my bed
i must keep quiet
for the noise has begun to intensify
quiet hrs on the floor
silence approaches me, with a request
i explain that it's not me but them
the voices and the wind and the beasts
the conversations now sound like thunder
all in an effort to rid of the pollution
silence has broken through
forcing my hand, i give in to his request
my lips have been sealed by those small chalky tablets
as the conversations within die off
the screams now become a whisper
a warm, endearing figure now lays beside me
good night silence
till we meet again
Feb 25, 2019
Feb 25, 2019 at 3:43 AM UTC
"One, two, three..."
White circles hit his hands
"Four five six... seven"
"Seven is 21 milligrams"
More than enough you see,
More than enough for deep sleep
Doesn't he want more though?
More than 4am alarms
More than mid afternoon naps
More than hugging pillows
I know he craves something deeper
Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 2018 at 2:12 PM UTC
They've given me a new drug that helps me sleep
Because I only got a couple hours this week
My best friend says I shouldn't rely on the dope but
Truly it's the only thing that gives me hope
And I'm sorry if I look like I've been falling apart
But last night I got too drunk at my old boyfriends apartment
And we only broke up cause he's an *******
And I can't take constant annoying harassment
To be honest I'd rather be on my own
By they say a home alone isn't a ******* home
-E (c) 2017
Feb 26, 2017
Feb 26, 2017 at 12:14 AM UTC
and into her I would channel the seas
let them erode at the darkness
file away the rough edges
fill her up so that she felt whole again
onto her
tattoo a thousand words convincing her of her own worth
etch them into her skin before she could wash them away
let them bleed through the empty pores
and sprinkle into her eyes
paint a world
a blank canvas
hand her a paintbrush
I'd remind her that she is more than he could ever build her up to be
that she was seeing the world through a lens distorted with Melatonin clouds and painkiller ocean
Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016 at 3:52 PM UTC