Sleepless Night

Sleepless Night Teardrops, bagged eyes, a way of sin The mirror reveals a lost eternal soul A conniving move against tonight's phantom glow Voices circle around the insomniac moon Like magic and beauty, "She's Gone With the Wind." The idea of love, broken like yesterday's wishbone. She is leaving today, her arms, my shelter her wings now immense. Beauty --- she's gone forever! Never will she suffer- Never will she return- All I have are lost memories, tracing what is left. One final deep breath tequila vice to wash away the pain..... At Last, Now I See! Under the drunken stars I had an epiphany Stricken like a match A sunken treasure At Last, I Knew You did not belong in there, you were there for the taking Frail and sick, no longer sane. Memories lost, no longer - her My Mother! What has become of her since? You're a demon, who played us all Made us cry, while she slowly withered away The way you laid waste to her body nipping both her legs Fed her through tubes She rapidly forgot our names' our faces' I hate you Alzheimer I hate the way you took her the first time! I hate you Death I hate the way you claimed her final days! Sleepless nights and pillowed feathers, Caress a precious moment around my tender skin Pretending my mother tucked them in Anything to help me get past my sleepless nights.