Counting Sheep

Counting Sheep

A Poem by Travis Prino

The duller the knife

the harder the strike

it will leave me bloody and scarred

but it's just beginning

your voice is singing

I won't feel anything at all


the pain I feel inside it cuts me deep

like razor blades killing my counted sheep

and I'd do anything, anything, anything for sleep

and I'd give anything, anything, anything to sleep

to sleep it all away


the more I think

the more I sink

it's an endless cycle in my head

try to climb out

beaten down with doubt

better off motionless in my bed


the pain I feel inside it cuts me deep

like razor blades killing my counted sheep

and I'd do anything, anything, anything for sleep

and I'd give anything, anything, anything to sleep

to sleep it all away


ugly on the outside

to show off my insides

everyone will know this is your fault

bleed all that I've been

so much for not giving in

I'm dying here from this fatal assault


the pain I feel inside it cuts me deep

like razor blades killing my counted sheep

and I'd do anything, anything, anything for sleep

and I'd give anything, anything, anything to sleep

to sleep it all away


I want to sleep it all away

sleep it all away

I want to sleep it all away

sleep it all away

I want to sleep forever

sleep forever

I want to sleep forever

sleep forever

so I can forget her.

© 2015 Travis Prino


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Added on November 3, 2015
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Travis Prino
Travis Prino

Ridgefield, CT



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