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The one time I feel safe enough to fall asleep, I can't
The voices became normal to hear The smells familiar sickening but comfortable The touch the feeling the presence of something near Seen as harmful beautiful and gone Hard to believe that last night, I was asking it to stop Now I want it back because I'm scared for when my guard is down They'll rush back inside of me Telling me in fast soft whispers That as long as I'm silent Taking no offence for a body being shared praised as unselfish when taken unprepared Shunned if fighting what was done Hated by what may feel as myself if spoken as one person Nights are not to be shared The times that they are are well despised Those are the times I can't close my eyes Tightly shut not trusting the light
The one time that felt safe enough to fall asleep, and couldn't
