Sleep

I sink down
Into the sweet still softness of sleep
It beckons me
With whispers of dreams so deep
It caresses my skin
Runs its fingers through my hair
Lush promises of loveliness
Are uttered in my ear
Sleep softens the edges
Of a brutal and blunt existence
A brief respite in time
A void of non-resistence
It holds me tight in its embrace
Like the arms of an intimate lover
I close my eyes and release myself
To the hold of sleep like no other

Swords clash inside my head
Two armies are warring
Screams of lost memories echoe
Visiously, violently sparring
An arrow strikes my heart
I can no longer feel
The blood rushes down my face
So warm and wet and real
My battle scars are aching
They swell a hot flaming red
Two armies in me do battle
And I'm left here lying dead.

An massive emptiness
A hollow left inside my heart
An aching loneliness
A hole that kills me part by part
It once was filled with fire
But that flame has sadly dwindled
Once it sparkled, crackled, shone
Now it sorely needs rekindled
What can I fill the hole with?
What will fulfill the appetite
Of my insatiable loneliness
What can again set me to right?
I need the sun to shine on me
To warm me through and then
To light my smile, to light my fire
And make me whole again

Starbursts go offinside my head
Triggering giggles randomly
I am happy
And the world shines
Thoughts of fun and friends
And stressfree moments
Of simple joy
Chase away the clouds
Leaving the intense fuschia and violet
Of sunrise on the horizon
A sun that never truly sets
Unless I will it to do so
And even then
The stars beam down
Winking at one another
In silent approval
Of the joy in the world

Hope Shines Eternal

The sun shines down upon me
Inundating me with hope
For the future of my dreams
And my world
Everything will always be alright
Because that's the way I'll make it
The sun shines even at night
Smiling down at me calmly
I'll keep that moon in my pocket
And squeeze it when the dark closes in
An ever comforting locket
Of light and love and promise