Insomnia

The night sweats

The painful numbness etches itself into dusty parts of the brain

Where thoughts I don’t admit to owning

Live

The night sings

Insects crawl the skin while muscles twitch against the nightmare of cat claws

Where the darkness itches spots I can’t

Scratch

The night ticks

Blood sucked from the bone and carried on the wind with the leave that tap the window

Pain

Everything is more than it is

Too sad to cry

Too afraid to scream

Too tired to sleep