Poem #28
"When the Lights Turn Off"
Wake up, I call
It's a new day, I say
They turned the lights on, I try to believe
We can go out and play, I try to conceive
Standing up, I stretch my arms
Throw a blanket over my heart
Sit down, relax for a while
Sipping root beer with a fake smile
But when the lights turn off
And I go back to sleeping awake
When the fun and games turn off
And the fear pierces my heart like a stake
Reach for the lightswitch, try to get back
To where I was before the heart attack
But any fool knows you don't need to see
To understand why life stings like a bee
There must be some mistake, I lie
I never wanted to live this way
I never asked for the sea of dreams
To turn into a title wave
