Sleep
I want to surrender in sleep
to have sounds around me fade into nothing
to float into oblivion
to have the world drop from beneath my body
The witching hour has closed upon me
enveloping my senses
choking breath from my lungs
crushing my soul
floating me within the bubble of my skin
I wish to lie in, lucidly
to have my spirit shrouded in affection
to slumber in obscurity
to have this realm slip from tonight’s existence
My unconsciousness has evaded me
obscuring my perception
sucking life from my soul
slitting sinew
slipping from all other earthly existence