Close my eyes
breathing in the 2am
quiet empty space tastes of safety
lain under cover
flat backed waiting for mental assembly
repairing the fragments of the day
that stream either side of my heart
Close my eyes
breathing in the 2am
mind racing away from this day
Stillness arms outstretched
palms face down demanding a silence
only acceptance may bring
one day but not quite not quite yet
Close my eyes
breathing in the 2am
waiting for the dinosaurs to parade
against the twilight innocence
Longing to lay stars in sight
Waiting with the patterns of nite talk
click click clicking on my mind
Close my eyes
breathing in the 2am
running the day thru multi-facet filters
did I make it clear did I make it?
Wondering will I dream or fight
Or may I master a humane act of flight
And leave on clean unfeathered wings
Close my eyes
breathing in the 2am
Wishing for an absence of morning
Only to live the same pain again
this time the wall is breached
Filled with unleashed dogs of more
Shored with hope & others words
Close my eyes
breathing in the 2am
Armed with chit chat I distract memory's
open myself to the now expectant daylight
Which predictable rushes near in timed respite
unlike my sleep playing with atonal rhythms
I drift away as subtle as a tide slips to ebb
Written for Flow Unlocked, 14th October 2020
