3AM

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood

The loop will close, and I will drown in my own selfish sorrow.

I fall asleep counting sheep, knowing they will kill me tomorrow.

There are reasons written all over my walls and the ceiling,

But the language is foreign, so I trip and get lost in my feelings.

There is no one waiting for me in the bottom of this well.

Still, I know that some hope my fate will drag me back to hell.

The loop closes, and I let my wishes get mixed with the sand,

Dreaming about a land where someone reaches for my hand.

-Jackie