I Wrote This Because I Couldn'T Sleep
What do you do
When you can feel the walls
Closing in on you
Walls
That are there to protect you
From the harshness of the world outside
Harshness of the world outside
Can they build those for your mind
Walls
That are there to protect you
From the harshness of the world Inside
Harshness of the world Inside
They look so pretty
These walls
Painted in happy colours
Happy colours
Plucked from the rainbow
By a glittering fairy
Collected in a huge bucket of gold
Happy colours
Plucked from the rainbow
And mixed with sunshine
Then why
Why is it so dark
Inside these walls
Walls painted with
Colours plucked from the rainbow
And mixed with sunshine
Why do these walls
Painted in happy colours
Not lend their happy to me
For just one night perhaps
Maybe if they do
Then I
Will not feel like the walls are closing in
Maybe if they do
Then i
Will not fear the dark
For one night
Maybe if they do
Then I
Will drop my regrets
Like a cloud sheds rain
And becomes lighter
I will shed the sorrow
The regrets
The guilt
The anger
All those tears unshed
All those feelings unconfessed
And become lighter
Maybe then
I'll rest
Now that I've shed
The despair
That used to creep into my sleep
And colour my dreams
That peculiar colour
Of gloom and doom and all things bad
Maybe now I'll sleep peacefully
Finally rest
And hope to wake up
A new person
Not flawless
No
That's not what I ask to be
Just undamaged
Just whole.
Copyright © Naman Sodhi | Year Posted 2017
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