Taken By Sleep

This is a short story for a contest Hydra23 is doing. It's based off of the song Taken By Sleep by TØP.
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It was dark in my house, my epmty house. I was the only one here. Being in the dark with no sound gets you thinking. Thinking scarey thoughts. When I laid my head down on my bed it hit me.

My girlfriend, Jenna, broke up with me.

My mind raced. I repeated everything I could remember she's ever said in my head. I tried forgetting about it and just went back to bed.

I glance at my clock just as I was taken by sleep. It was 4:00am.

I was dreaming that I was in my room. I cracked the door that led out to the hallway but it seemed like the walls kept on closing in on me. They squeezed me to the piont that I woke up, forcing me to start thinking again. Start thinking about Jenna and how she's gone. I look at my clock again through teary eyes. It's now 4:05am...

'When is this misserable night going to end?' I thought to myself. I went back to thinking about her.

I couldn't believe it had to be this way. It's torture when we say things like "To me it felt like just the other day." You struggled through all of it just for it to be torn down.

It felt like I was being torn down tonight.

Sure, it might be a little selfish for me to say that, but I just need to know if you thought of me at all since that day. Every day I walk past your house and it hurts.

I come back to reality and see that it's 10 after 4 and that's when, once again, I'm taken by sleep.

I wake up at 9:00am and call a friend, Josh, just to fill the silence.

Josh told me he saw Jenna crying. I was taken aback by that. It's not like her to let emotions get the best of things. Especially when what's making her cry was so recent.

I ended the call and decided to write a song about what's been happening to me.

It just hit me as I laid my head down
No one around in the dark cold night
I hear a sound in my head
Repeat track of everything you've ever said
Must be something but it's nothing
So I just go back to bed

It's 4
Crack the door to the hallway in my dreams
But it seems my hallway keps closing in on me
Forcing me out
Making me think about you and how you're gone
I see 4:05 in teary eyes and then I write this song

And I just can't believe it has to be this way
You know we say
"It seems to me that it was just the other day"
I saw your face I saw your light
You ran the race you fought the fight
But now it's all being torn down for me tonight

And I know it might be a little selfish for me to say
But I need to know if you thought of me at all today
Cause every day I walk past the place
You lived five days of the week
And now it's ten after 4
And I am taken by sleep

It took me a while to write those lyrics down. I just went about my day until I couldn't sleep again. It was 4:00am once again when I continued writing my song.

I'm spending hours on end
Decideing what I'd say to a friend
If I ever saw him again
Cause I don't know if I know
Don't want to come across the wrong way
And I don't know if I know
But I know I want to see your face today

And somebody told me they saw you crying
And brake down
Do you know how hard that is
to get around and think about
It's not like you to let emotions get the best of things
Especially when everything is hanging in the air we breathe

And I just can't believe it has to be this way
You know we say
"It seems to me that it was just the other day"
I saw your face I saw your light
You ran the race you fought the fight
But now it's all being torn down for me tonight

And I know it might be a little selfish for me to say
But I need to know if you thought of me at all today
Cause every day I walk past the place
You lived five days of the week

I looked at my clock and saw that it was 4:10am.

And now it's 10 after 4
And I am taken by sleep

I wanted to sing this song to Jenna.

I'll sing a song to you my friend
I'll sing a song to you my friend
I'll sing a song to you my friend
I'll sing a song to you my friend

I finished my song.

The last two nights were crazy.

THE END

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