Just let me sleep

Stars look like crystal candy hanging from the ceiling

I can almost taste them if I dream long enough

I can almost exhale if I could even fall asleep

I wish I could

I’d try but the stars in your eyes rain in my mind like glowing snowflakes

Shadows on the wall like clouds in the fog and they fill every breath with smoke

I choke

Like I always do

My drunken heart never lets my eyes stay open this long

But my sober mind is like the tedious ticking of the clock that spreads my eyelids apart with toothpicks and tape

I think I’d like the sunset to come back so I can watch the pink tulip sky blossom and pose with grace before taking a bow

Those colors at the start of the night remind me of you

Far away and painted like an artist’s canvas

Deep and

Soon to be dark

The sky opens up like rose petals

The stars dance for me

To watch,

I must give them my quiet sleep and dreams of your summer sky eyes

My hands shake and I ask them for an encore

Curtain call ensues

The sun comes up like a fire on the horizon

You’re like a fire

You’re like the sky

You’re like the sun

Making my flowers grow and trees flourish

And at night

They shiver

Why do you keep leaving?

Reviews

[rickm97]

Beautiful, Elizabeth.
"Why do you keep leaving?"
Love does truly cause a soul to flourish, and in love's absence one will wither and become brittle.