14 October 2020

War for Sleep

The loneliness
Has conspired,
With the dark 
Tonight.

Aloof,
My fluttering eyes
See myself reflected
In the ceiling.

Melancholia rhymes,
To the tones,
Of a long lost,
Past.

Questions,
Unrelated answers.
Made up scenarios.
Top class illusions.

Insecurity plays
Video games.
Anxiety,
A street dancer.

Nights like these,
Are tough. 
Rough.
Total fuck-ups.

I wage a 
Full fledged war
On myself to
Slip into sleep.