Sleepless - Day 12

I'm sleepless another night

You talk, I try not to listen,

Sitting at the end of my bed

Whispering your cruelty in my head

'Til inward creeps some crack of light

And morning breaks so bright.

I'm sleepless another day,

You talk, I try not to listen

But you follow my every step,

Explaining your torment in some depth

'Til I somehow find some tiny way

To block you out and break away.

Then I'm sleepless another night,

You talk, I cry and try not to listen,

Sitting pretty at the end of my bed,

All frail and pale and looking so dead

'Til, guilty, I collapse under the weight of my plight,

Needing but not wanting you out of my sight.