Poems (2012)

Just Sleep

One thousand paces, one thousand turns

One thousand miles more where I got scrapes and burns

I think I'm finally giving up

I'm tired and weary

And I have no where else to go

I'm finally giving up

There's nothing else to show

I'll lay my body down in the grass

Here I'll sleep eternally

The grass is forgotten, it hasn't been cut in a while

It's so soft. It offers me comfort

Down in the overgrown, forgotten grass I can almost smile

I finally have a companion,

Someone nearly as forgotten as me

I'll lay down and give up blissfully

I'm too tired

I can't get up from here

I've come from so far

I've chased the star I'll never reach

And now I really just want to sleep

06/30/12