Dr. Sleep,
Put me under and split my mind open
Temporarily remove the infected bits and pieces
And replace them with the illusion that they've been fixed
Help me to not remember what I've been trying to forget
Take my veins and blood vessels, spin them into giddy recollections
Take my heart and stitch the millions of tiny hairline fractures
Take my eyes and make them glassy and un-seeing
Take my feet and point in the opposite direction of the nightmares
Take my emaciated body and fill the cracks with happy lies
Lies to cover up the vile and cruel truths

I see his smile etched into the inside of my eyelids
And every time I close them...