Sleepless

 Nights are long, nights are dark

These nights dim the light of the evening park

These huge dreams that freely venture

These dreams which are gateways to the past and future

 

Sleepless we have become

Dreamless have we become?

Restless while lying on this cold bed

Jobless, while going through thoughts in our head

 

The ideas pop piercing like a knife

Begging, 'please just give us a life'

What life can we give you?

What can we do for you?

When we are bounded staring at these walls

And are counting our flaws and fall

 

Sleepless we stare at the ceiling

Thinking of the day and sighing 

Regretting our actions, regretting our words

Regretting friendships that hurt the worst

 

"Keep on living, keep on dreaming", they say

But everyone is a vagabond who have lost their way

They are forever clueless and awry

I don't want to be like them, I'm sorry

 

I want to speak up, I want back my life

I don't want to have any regrets in life

I want to fall, I want to fight

Can nobody be a guiding light?

 

Sleepless night have blinded us

Sleepless nights have made us fuss

 

Can people not turn over a new leaf?

Can people not reap what they sow?

Does everyone have to scared to ask anything forbidden?

Can somebody try and achieve the impossible?

 

Sleepless have our nights become

Dreamless are what our lives have become