Sleepless Nights
Tick tock goes the clock
Crickets chirping, hear the owl mock
Like a nocturnal creature, senses are alert
With each and every tiny sound my ears they flirt
Beddings on the floor, I can't stand the heat
Light bulb burning for I fear the shadows and my own heartbeat
My mind my nemesis
If given a choice I would rather the electric chair
See my mind creates images
Like my very own horror are these images
What time is it?
It's two in the morning
And once again my heart is in mourning
Once upon a time my heartbeat had a beautiful melody
Rhythm and rhyme, a catching melody
Now, it beats to the saddest tune
An eerie melancholy tune
See my own heart is out to kill me
For the blood it pumps through my veins is now impure you see
A poison that spreads faster each day
Thanks to you, it shall lead me to my dying day
I try to close my eyes
But that my dear is unwise
For you are the first I see
And I don't like what I see
For you are not what you used to be
I can't get away for like a drug you have a hold on me
Out of sight out of mind
Funny for me it's out of sight running out of my mind
Tell me why do I feel guilty when I am not wrong?
And why for you does my heart long?
I reach for my sleeping pills
Bottle empty and in creep the chills
I walk to the bar, brandy
Always comes in handy
But I guess not tonight for all the bottles are dry
Emptied the other night, to ebb the tears I had to try
My last solution, pen in hand
I write to you what every night I go through
Telling you this has to end
And the only way is for my life to end…
poem by Esperanza Chilupula
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