By Aishu Rittika
I envy those
Who can sleep through the nights
Who can just hit the bed
And fall asleep
Just like that!
I tire myself out
So much.
So much,
That my body begs me
To stop
Yet the nights,
I cannot
I cannot just sleep.
How I wake up
In the middle of the nights
Breathless
And frantically looking
Looking for what noise that was
Looking for someone
Who would hold me, hug me
How I mumble
And struggle around
Like a fish pulled
Out of water
Muttering words
And drooling all over
From little bits of dreams
I can't remember.
It's scary
The nights.
I don't want the nights
Let me just live in the day
So I'll only have to battle
The known ghosts of my mind
For these
Haunted memories
Of the night light
Don't take me
Into their embrace.
By Aishu Rittika
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