by Jessica Hopkins05 Apr 2019
i can't sleep because something is
screaming
and i try to sob, to force
this emotion
out, to expel it
i can't sleep
i don't even want to try
it is pointless. To wake up tomorrow
it is pointless --
i feel fake and shallow. A show put on
by someone
else
i feel thin.
spread over too much ground, stretched and broken
into something i no longer
recognize.
i can't sleep
i can't cry
i can't continue to try. I need to go
away. i don't mind.