Rest Denial

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Gonna stay awake,

'cause I don't wanna endure

the weird game of eeriness,

that my thoughts like to play.

Gonna stay awake,

'cause if I lie down,

it'll take me more than a few minutes

to get outta my head -

outta my feelings.

I'll start to think about the loneliness

that keeps chasing me down.

If I lie down, I'll feel alone.

I'll think about my potential box

that I can't get open,

because it has a lock on it.

All the answers that I have...

some of them could possibly be right.

I just can't get the lock off.

Gonna stay awake,

'cause if I put my head down on the uninviting pillow,

the anxiety in my stomach will churn;

until it grants me with nausea,

as I think about the futile fuss and quarrel.

Gonna stay awake,

or else I'll get to thinking

about the wicked ways that my heart wants to relieve itself.

I'll stay awake...somehow.

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