August 24, 2024

Time stretches on as I lie awake in a bed that I am outgrowing

The night is oppressive in its looming darkness, clawing its teeth into me

My tears never end, they flow onto my pillow with a silent scream.

They drip out of my tired eyes, falling like raindrops

I think about all my regrets, the past mistakes and expectations that possessed me.

Invisible hands manipulate me by string.

Despite this, the threat that has always controlled my life, has always been mine and mine alone.

I cry for a lover that I have shouldered promises that they could never keep.

For their exhaustion has grabbed their hand and has pulled them into a world of endless slumber.

I wail to an endless and cold void, but that hope will never come.

The ship has left, its sails now steer in a direction to a place I'll never see.

The boat has already passed the dock.

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