Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts

Friday, June 3, 2016

Ghosts


They come back at the strangest times. 

~ Please fade away. ~

There's always ghosts inside our heads.
They leave such taunting memories.
They haunt us most when we are in our beds,
Trying to find peace for once in our sleep.

They come back in flashes time to time.
We are never quite so prepared.
We think we're healed, but they plague our minds,
Mixing into the safety of our present beds.

The past is behind. "Leave it behind," we say. 
Are we ever fully done with a moment?
The ghosts always seem to find their ways
Back into our present sacred moments.

They bounce off the porcelain walls.
They leave echoes of traces within us.
You can't deny they've left a mark on all
The conscious life you are living.

They seep their ways back into our lives,
Like some disease we have been treating.
We think we had wiped clean our minds,
But they seep back into our every thought.

Everything is better now. Why do the ghosts still seep
Into our rooms at night when we're safely guarded?
Everything is better than it could ever be.
Why do they still taunt us in our peaceful sleep?

But they come in here and there, in full waves.
We become hindered by our inhibitions,
But they were the ghosts of yesterday,
Sometimes tempting us, wishing for a change. 

A single scene can make them come flying in.
But you just have to push them out.
The ghosts are figments of your imagination.
They're not real, only imaginary reminders of the past.

Imagination is nothing compared to reality.
The ghosts are trying to convince you otherwise -
To be back in the state of living in memories.
But you can see the future without them.

Echoes on porcelain walls are soon all they will ever be.
The ghosts will no longer have any meaning
To us, as we lay down for our peaceful sleep.
They are merely figments of distant memories.


Friday, April 29, 2016

Hush.


Sometimes we have to be our own guardian angels. 

~ Sing me a lullaby. ~

Hush.

I promise I will always protect you.
I will do everything it takes.
I'm the one you can turn to.
I promise to scare all the monsters away.

Hush.

Did you have a nightmare?
Come, come and lay next to me.
I promise to always be there.
I promise the perfect role model I'll be.

Hush.

I can see you're crying now.
I'll wipe away the tear for you.
I swear I will never allow 
An unhappy day for you.

Hush.

Don't worry about my monsters.
I promised I'd keep you safe.
I promised you would never get hurt.
I'm here to keep all your monsters away.

Hush.

My monsters have taken over my mind,
But I still try to dry your tears.
You see me crying late at night.
I close the door and try to face my fears.

Hush.

This isn't a topic to be discussed. 
You're supposed to look up to me.
But I can't protect you because
Now I'm deep in my disease.

Hush.

I try to keep you out of the situation,
But you feel so much more alone.
I fall deeper into my frustration.
You take on something I'll never know.

Hush.

You watch me as I struggle in my war.
You take on a burden I'll never see.
Our roles switch like never before.
Now, you're the one protecting me.

Hush.

You take on so much.
You live it in your mind.
You were so young.
You step back this time.

Hush.

Then I think I've finally won, 
But I'll never really talk about it with you. 
You're still feeling numb. 
I think it'll protect you from my monsters too. 

Hush.

If I don't talk about it, it wasn't real. 
You bottle it up in your own way. 
If I don't talk about it, this isn't how you feel. 
You're just a kettle waiting to blow one day. 

Hush.

I'm sorry I left you in the dark. 
I'm sorry I engulfed you in my pain. 
I wanted to leave a protective mark.
Instead, I put so much strain.

Hush.

Please, don't say a word. 
Let me sing you to sleep,
Like the lullaby with the mockingbird.
You really saved me.

Hush.

Please, don't say a word.
Until you're safe in your dreams, it won't end,
Like the lullaby with the mockingbird.
I promise I will be the one to protect you again.

Hush.