Bedtime

Bedtime
Time to sleep
I sleep to escape from the hurt and the pain
Draping myself in the comforting shadows of night
I seek refuge from the storm within
As if I could fold the world into a dream
And let its echoes hush the ache

With the sound of the rain
Pouring on the roof
Setting my body cool
In a dark room
Wrapped in a blanket
I sleep
So I can heal

Healing from the trick of the imagination and the delusion that I thought was the reality
My brain tricked me
Or should I paraphrase
You tricked me
So I sleep
A long deep sleep
Just to forget
Bedtime

Reviews

[Dave W.]

Then while I sleep the cat meow's her demand's stating, "I see the bottom of my dish", mind now awake, events of life, like a bad movie, start playing again. I very much identify with this, great poem.

[Olivia Bant]

I think everyone would identify with this, because sleeping help us to escape from the chaos that sometimes surrounds us, and it feels really good. Thank you for your review, Dave.

[emmajoygreen]

Yes, sleep can drown so much, can walk your thoughts and often wake you happily. Your words ring a past that might be set aside to use the beauty of your writing into a happier place and moment. Olivia, is that you want and need, perhaps. Thoughts and feelings set out in such a hurt, raw yet honest way. Your write will grow as time goes on, emotionally change its shape and time kind, let in some gentle smiles.

[Olivia Bant]

A smile. That's what I have right now reading your review. And you're so right. I think it's time for me to write something more happier and hopeful. I let go off the past and the sadness, and focus on the present and the happiness 😊

Thank you, Emma. Xo.

[emmajoygreen]

Hello, Olivia! Is never wrong to write off your hurt and pain, in fact can be good for the heart and mind. Know that for self. But comes a time to look to the light, and - try to find something, however small, to make each day even more unique that it is.. and so are you. Okay?

[Olivia Bant]

Okay! Thank you.

[emmajoygreen]

Better the smile than the frown, look in your mirror and see how the two compare!!! Go for it - Olivia, happy helps, sadness drowns. Not easy to always remember that but.. is worth trying! Take great care of yourself!