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43 · Jun 2020
Dreamless Sleep
TaxiTurn Jun 2020
Blissful Slumber
Rude awakening
Better not blink, lest you’ll be crying
Let the morning sun blind you, just open the curtain
Don’t let this misery lead you to sobbing
Leave the pillowcase and blanket..
Drenched in brine, soaked in wasted wishes and false starts..
All for what? Just let the maggots do their thing..
I still have the whole day to daydream .. and feel this slow, torturous burn
I know what to give…I know what I deserve..
..please give me something real ..
...and make me more of what I am…make me worth something..
When twilight comes, it’s time to rally the troops again
Ready the soldiers to fight this nocturnal lost cause.
The dreamscape will come … whether I choose to or not..
Then I become less of what I am…a slumbering, lumbering fool..
When dawn breaks again, so will this useless heart of mine..
Dreamless sleep would be nice…
Don’t you just love love love it when you sleep after having a miserable day, only to dream miserably about it, then wake up feeling..you guessed it—-miserable? 😴 💤 😡😰
29 · Jun 2020
Rooftop Ruminations
TaxiTurn Jun 2020
I look up, shot of poison in my blood to dull the truth, face peering the starry obsidian sky, while the moon scoffs at how insignificant I am. The cool night breeze brings no comfort to me...memories and feelings that pour into absolutely nothing flood what's left of my voice. Emptiness reigns supreme as the night draws fog and tears.

I desperately seek for unknown solace in the crimson void...
...a glimmer of hope perhaps? Maybe even a shred of lost dignity...a missing piece of the puzzle stained with blue and black...and yet, those prayers and wishes remain unheard, don't they?  
Salvation seems silent, isn't it?

How miniscule and worthless am I compared to a million light years of galaxies?... Infinite constellations I can only dream of reaching? Of shooting stars that will never land for me.

Hope springs eternal, still, in these dank hours.
It will come for me...that  drop of hope will come for me someday.

Father time, I seek not what's lost, but please heal what's left of me...bring forth a burst of colors in this old tattered canvas of an inebriated man. And let all nights be of sleep and restoration once again...
Sleep  deprived, horrible hangover, and heartbroken.  What a terrible combo.. though it gets those creative juices up and running.

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