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

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

i also use sleep to escape my stark reality. i'm not sure if it is the best way, but it's really the only option i have. my life sucks right now and going to bed early and waking up late means at least my day is shorter. so i feel this. i feel you. time to pop some lemborexant and hit the pillow.

[Olivia Bant]

It may not be the best way, but it helps sometimes. I call it a "Painkiller" or a "reality shutter". Sorry to hear that about your life. I hope and pray that everything will be just fine and you will be better and happy and smiling to life again. Be strong and take care of yoursel, Ern.

Thank you for your review. Nice to read and meet.

[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!