Dreams & Nightmares

Haunted Sleep

I feel a strange rhythm around where my heart is supposed to be

It feels like a butterfly is beating its wings against my ribcage

Trying to find a simple way out.

I can’t escape.

Suddenly, my lungs scream for air

And I pull myself out of slumber

Never a peaceful or fulfilling run

Just numb

Sweat lines my forehead

and trickles down my chest

Another night has been torn

By you. haunting me

When will it end?

Time is supposed to heal all

Yet the wounds get deeper and deeper

Oozing. dripping.

haphazard scabbed patches

that I pick at further

and bring blood to the surface

never feeling quite satisfied with the healing

I guess you can say that

I’m obsessed with making my life

one full of pain and strife