
I cannot fall asleep before I’ve created another one of these part-time sentence sketches.
The grey clouds are forming a cradle but I refuse to enter. Too far from static and background retches.
Some acidic light spills on my spine, it makes me live through it all again, pulsating,
But it barely rings a bell anymore. I tied a rock to this wraith and sunk it by tirelessly creating.
I cannot sleep before I know that I’ve saved another day by being drained, not going down the drain,
And if you asked five years ago, I would’ve declared this sanctuary insane,
Maybe changed my name to Jane.
So here I stand, alone in the dust bowl of traumas that made me, of black bat licorice spat in my direction,
Cascading through shallow storms, calming my insomniac mind with bad rhymes, trusting your discretion.
-JW