A darker shade of blue

The stars call to me through the use of a screen,

But my curtains are closed to them really being seen.

I’m scared of the dark, the night such a fright.

I wish my heart would allow me to not fear closing my eyes.

Sleep with one eye open, praying not to die.

An eye for an eye, in this world full of lies.

I am the day walker, incapable talker, memories stalker.

Midnights death.

I am so lost, I have lost the plot.

I reach for a God, but believe only with my final breath.

The nightmare continues, an eye to a view.

Beauty in natural form, my gift anew.

So dark in my heart, but still I continue.

Poet (slash) dreamer, if only they knew,

Do you think they could tell, the Hell in which I dwell?

The love that I hold has no-one under its spell.

So I stay in silence, lips unused, closing eyelids,

Soul a darker shade of blue.

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