Sleep

Studies say that sleep is essential for daily life In sleep your body heals to prevent the pain and strife But sleep for me is terror for in sleep my mind’s at war Plagued by many demons from so many gone before In sleep I dream of crimes committed from the heart Each role played out in detail from my mind to never part When darkness comes upon the earth I struggle deep within Avoiding natural impulse to lay my head in sin There is no peace in slumber for it’s there I feel the pain Of innocience being taken from a life no hope to gain If a gun would end my terror I would gladly fire and aim But sleep would then be permanent no peace I would ever gain Reasons unbenounced to me have conflicted this grieving mind To share the terror that many face when life for them is unkind A blessing I think not for the hell I have to live Is enough to make a grown man weep Rest no more to give ©2009 Joshua Vick 10/27/2009 3:50 AM