The sleep I relished in; for it's only been 3 hours since I fell into
And it was the brightness that I cursed
It was my tongue that formed words
That my brain, starved for sleep could not comprehend
My heart hammered anxiously to return
But my eyes would not obey
For it was my soul that wouldn't give in
Wouldn't allow my swollen iris's to hybernate
Frustrated with my insanity my nerves began to vibrate
Deprived of peace, I waved my white flag
And lifted my heavy head from the white softness
As thoughts began to take hold of reality
And I remember last night and what kept me
It was you, you and your sweetness that wouldn't allow sleep
That pushed me on through the hours
Trying to solve the puzzles pieces and what they meant
But answer never came, and hours became early morning
Tears of chilled misunderstanding haunted my eyes
As I stared at the naked walls that are mine
I couldn't grab hold of meaning no matter how frantic I clawed
You kept me conscious while my dreams slept
You are thy reason why my body lay tired as my soul left
And it was that 6th hour in the earliest hours that I settled in
My eyes ached with sleep and lack of it
And it was my sweet blanket that warmed my numb flesh
Pulled memories of you and your warmth
How I fluttered blindly like a moth to your flame
I wish for that warmth again, and I wished for it
And wish turned to dream as reality turned unconscious
My soul rested bravely, after the search amongst the debris.
I have tried to solve thy sweet mystery; to place sense in senseless
But puzzle and pieces do not match, and can not find completed
I slept for one hundred and eighty minutes of this sorrowful morning
And it was the sun that crept in, and reminded me that it is day
That I must live, even though I yearn to forget
And it was my tongue that cursed the brightness
With words I could not yet comprehend
But as morning turned to high noon, I know what I had said
It wasn't curse as my heart believed
But it was you, you and your sweetness that I called out to
With sleep in my voice, I made three words sound.
"I miss you."