Thursday, February 19, 2009

consummate insomniac

Dark bags hang
Under bloodshot
Undereyes

Up all night
Last night
Doing nothing

Breathing
Shallow
And too fast

Chasing worries
And escaped
Dreams

Each moment
Heavier than
The previous

Begging me
Never to let
Them end

I save my
Smiles
For others

And keep my
Doubts for
Me