A wish for sleep
A place between the darkness and the light
A place where nothing can come to haunt you
No pain, no memoirs of heartache
Haunting thoughts that won’t part from you
Never leaving you for a moment
But continuing their never ending siege on your defences
Breaking you down at every wall
Walls built up to secure your sanity
Sleep is the only sanctuary you have left to run to
But even that has left you alone to fight your battle
And now that you are defenceless against your enemies
You have resorted to allies of medications to help
But the sleep they offer is restless, not calming
They leave room for pain to enter, memories to flow in
They only give you enough rest to make it through until the next night
Then the payment increases to get the same return
The battle continues with no result
When will sleep return to cast her spell on me
Without a ransom note left at my bedside table
All I wish for is sleep to lie down with me
Comfort me; wrap her arms around me in her embrace
And we’ll leave my enemies behind at the door of darkness
