Another Night

You hear the scream of a train

and in a flash you see yourself on the tracks.

no more pain

but with that thought comes shame.

So your life's turned into a march in place.

until you wear through your soles,

and your feet begin to bleed.

time is an illusion,

oh and if only it was a dream.

You wish so many wishes

and relive the memories.

but then you're left to wonder,

if it was even a reality.

Questions arise, to keep you up at night.

clawing and scratching at the bed sheets of time.

is this what it means to try?

you wonder why

There are no more tears

for tears have meaning,

tears are too beautiful for this emotional beating.

instead imagine falling asleep

and just before you reach that inviting dream

you feel yourself falling, into a sea

and your limbs are heavy,

remember you're trying to sleep.

so you drown deeper into the deep

paralyzed by the promises that you still keep.

until it all becomes too real

You jump up in bed, and out of the sea

because that whole time you were crying yourself to sleep.