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
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