Insomniac's Lullaby

Darkness looms all around

As I lie awake paralyzed in my bed

Loud whispers of regret resound

Drowning out the kind light in my head

Swirling thoughts like rain drops in wind

Pound relentlessly on my soft brain

Just waiting for this new day to begin

In hopes it will end my nightmarish pain

Choking on resonating echoes of my past

I stare blindly into the still and endless dark

Peace, cruel and taunting, from the empty vast

As I stand frozen through, unable to embark

There's no escape from my very own mind

Lost and alone I pray quietly to my Source

The magic elixir I keep hoping I will find

To heal me from this never-ending remorse

Silence rings so loud in my deaf ears

I think I must be going slowly insane

This monster fed so well by my fears

Clear thoughts can no longer remain

Eternity makes a bitter friend of self doubt

Dying a thousand deaths, but no one knows

Futile, I only see one last way out…

And then thankfully,

…The sun finally rose

-Lissette Hand