I need to lie down and rest Your words and your hate They hit like bullets They lodge in my heart Let me close my eyes Let me close my mind It's my only way to escape From your unending hate The warm blackness of night It embraces and protects me It comforts my fear, dries my tears You can't hurt me now Let me close my eyes So the black fills my emppty shell of a soul Black and green and blue swirls of hate It's better than nothing Sleep will some as I lie I will escape you for a few hours I do not want to think of tommorrow All the hate, fear, and pain you bring to it Just let me close my eyes Just let me go numb Feeling is too great a burden to bear Please let me sleep forever
Reason for writing:
I was 12 when I wrote this, I'm 18 now. When I get reminded of it, I do just what I used to do then--wait until night to cry because I believed in the night, that it would protect and somehow shield me from everything. It's been two years since it stopped, and I still cry, just like I used to.
Birth sign: Gemini
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