Stardust

sleep

00:22

Cold bathroom tiles
and a splash of cold water
to wake me up.
I don't want to be awake
I want to be asleep but sleep
has deserted me. 
When sleep goes it doesn't
come back; it just wanders about
through house and house
blessing some and 
avoiding the rest. 
You close your eyes and be 
as still as possible
for as long as you can yet sleep
still manages to evade you.
The great masked criminal
running around
stealing your smiles and 
replacing them with dark circles under
eyes and grumpy mornings. 
Who ever let sleep have 
such a radical importance in our lives.
Why- are we too lazy to not
become tired enough
to be able to call sleep to us?
When did we end up lying on our beds all day
and then sleeping. A constant stream
of still.
We're wasting the days and 
wasting away.
The sun sets early and the days are shorter
when the stars are out
you come alive
you nocturnal girl
you crave the night the emptiness 
the quiet.
Daytime is too boring and 
too long. All you do is lie somewhere and
do absolutely nothing.
And then the night: 
sliding over your skin
so you have pinpricks of stars
where your freckles are
and moonbeams caught in your hair. 
Sometimes I forget what it's like
to be with you at night. 
It's been so long,
you must understand
that I can't crave it forever.
I have to let the fatigue 
overpower me so I 
can just lie there
and at least pretend to be asleep.
Maybe one day 
I actually will be.

00:30

a/n: idek i just wrote this. I'm tired haha