one.
the clouds suffocate
me.
.
two.
if hope is in the air
and humans breathe
it, then
is something wrong
with my lungs?
.
three.
my thoughts are a maze,
and i am
lost.
.
four.
my dreams
forgot
to leave the night light
on, and
nightmares snuck in
the back door.
.
five.
i try to speak but i
think i've lost my
voice.
.
six.
we used to be fireworks,
the rainbow cascading
kind. we used to be
a lullaby of whispered words
and promises. we were
the light breaking through the trees
and reflecting on frozen water.
we were once
the kind of beautiful that words
cannot ever dream to
capture.
.
seven.
now all w
Insomnia-A dark nursery rhyme by ladynyk, literature
Literature
Insomnia-A dark nursery rhyme
Insomnia:
twinkle twinkle
little pain
I see you've come
to play again
lodged here in my soul so tight
turning brightness into night
twinkle twinkle
tearing ache
please let me sleep
to never wake….
…now I lay me down to sleep
my life in tatters at my feet..
if I should Wake before I die
I pray these tattered wings can fly..
twinkle twinkle
empathic strain
I never want to feel again
trapped here in this world so cold
where self is wrong
and Us is gold.
twinkle twinkle
falling tear..
how i wonder why i'm here..
i. sometimes i write your name
in rainbow crayons on the walls. sometimes
my room smells like you and sometimes
i can't stand this silence
you've left me with, because it's
a cold silence, the kind that
sneaks into my blood and leaves me
empty.
[fact: i still miss you.]
ii. dreams like this are made
to make me lose my mind;
the vibrancy and the details
are so realistic,
but what happens, isn't.
because you're still here,
and your arms are around me
(and they feel so real,
oh my God, they feel so real),
but i know that you're
gone.
[fact: i wish i could forget you, but
what would i think about then?]
iii. sometimes i wond