Rip Tide - Innocent "Sleep"

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I was younger then ten

All I knew was I wanted the living hell to end

So innocent

Didn't know what it meant

Just wanted it to stop

To no longer rot

Tucked away

Under the bed

Hidden like a mouse

Not wanting to be in the house

I held my breath

No air in or out

My heart a race

Tears down my face

My lungs wanted to fill

With all my will

I tried so hard

The burning so intense

My body relent

I gasped and gasped

NO

NO

I failed to go to sleep

I sobbed and sobbed

Feeling so robbed

The first time turned into many

I was younger then ten

I didn't know it then

What it was that I was truly doing

Just wanting to go to sleep

To escape the evil

I was younger then ten

I didn't know what I was attempting

Innocent

Child

Just wanting it to end

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