I lost the day
which I once held dear.
It's unshakable grasp of reality
no longer comforts me
or praises my being.
It is now merely
overwhelming
& I cannot get anything accomplished.

There was a time
when I could drift into sleep
naturally.
The night smothered me,
but with a warm embrace.
I knew nothing of the space around me.
Yet, it was all right
for my mind was being filled
with compelling dreams
filled with fluffy pink reassuring clouds
and balloon-shaped pieces of hope.

Now I live in the hours of darkness,
thrown out and into the
cold shadows of absolute void.
I no longer can take control of the day
(seize it).
The sun forgot me and the moon doesn't care.
The light dropped me as if a past relationship
and I never even got to say
"I love you."

01/08/2006

Posted on 01/09/2006
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