Year's pass by
It all felt like one stretched-out night.
Memories usually linger but these ones scream.
The mind sighs from fatigue,
But my eyes are on guard.
Shooing the hope of sleep back into the shadows.

Time circling my thoughts,
Pulling on my skin.
Pecking through my skull.
I reach up and twist a strand of hair,
Pinch the palm of my hand and bite the back of my cheek until all I can feel is the reality of all this discomfort.

I want to convince and believe it was all just...