Sad Souls

I Can't sleep

Behind my eyelids

There are terrors

That would scare adults and kids

That would break the toughest bearers

Behind my eyelids shut up tight

I fail to sleep

I look for light

I always weep

I always fight

In my eye

You might see pain

But if you don't try

I'll seem insane

When I try to sleep at night

I  have nightmares

That don't leave when it's bright

But stay hidden in midair

Invisible is what they are

I can't see them

But they're never far

Causing silent mayhem

The only truth I can say

Is behind my eyes I'm terrified

I try to find a different way

To banish the demon inside

And my only warning to you

Is stay far away

Don't look for the me that's true

Don't be the one to stay

There is something wrong with me

Something that happens when I sleep

There is something about what I see

That should stay locked in my keep

So run

Before it's too late

Before I'm done

Before you're bait

Before there's stars instead of sun

Because that's when

The real me will come out

When I will exit the den

And start to shout

It's when you'll see

How messed up

My brain can be