I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT TRYING TO GET THE SLEEP I NEED BUT WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES ITS NOT THE RESTFUL DARKNESS I SEE IT’S NOT THE COLORS OF SOME DREAM I’M ABOUT TO HAVE NO IT’S THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES THE WAY YOUR SMILE LIGHTS UP A ROOM IT’S THE WAY YOUR HAIR FALLS ON YOUR FACE AND THE WAY IT LAYS ON YOUR SHOULDERS, THE SHAPE OF YOUR BODY AND I MAKE MY SELF WAKE UP CAUSE THESE THINGS ARE NO LONGER MINE TO HAVE AND I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT TRYING TO FILTER OUT THE SOUNDS OF THE 3 AM TRAFFIC OUTSIDE MY WINDOW AND AS THE SOUND OF EACH TRUCK AND CAR FADES AWAY I HEAR YOUR LAUGHTER THE WAY YOU SAY MY NAME AND THE SOUNDS OF THE LOVE WE’VE MADE AND ONCE AGAIN I WAKE UP NOT WANTING TO HEAR THE THINGS I CAN NEVER HAVE AGAIN AND I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT LOOKING FOR THAT SWEET SPOT IN MY PILLOW AND WHEN I FIND IT I DRIFT OFF BACK INTO YOUR ARMS WHERE I’M HOLDING YOU AND GIVING EACH OF YOUR BREAST A KISS THEN I WAKE MYSELF UP AND CURSE MY MIND FOR MAKING THAT FEELING SO REAL AND I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT COUNTING THE BEATS OF MY HEART TRYING TO BORE MYSELF TO SLEEP BUT THE BEATS QUICKEN AND GET LOUDER AND STRONGER, BECAUSE I CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU AND HOW GOOD YOU MAKE ME FEEL AND HOW NICE IT WILL TO SEE YOU TONIGHT THEN IT GETS SLOWER AND SADDER SOUNDING BECAUSE IT KNOWS WE CAN NEVER BE TOGETHER THE WAY WE USE TO BE AND I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT LOOKING AT THE CLOCK WATCHING HOW SLOWLY THE TIME IS GOING BY THEN IT STARTS TO SPINS IN REVERSE FASTER AND FASTER REPLAYING ALL THE GOOD TIMES WE’VE SPENT TOGETHER AND I WANT IT TO STOP I DO NOT WANT TO RELIVE THOSE GOOD DAYS BECAUSE THEIR GONE AND THE CLOCK RETURNS TO ITS SLOW PACE AND I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT THINKING OF THE LOUDEST SOUND FOLLOWED BY THE QUIETEST SOUND AND I WANT THEM BOTH BUT I THINK TO MYSELF I DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE ME THAT WAY SO I TAKE THAT GUN OUT OF MY MOUTH AND PUT IT BACK IN THE DRAW AND I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT MISSING YOU I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT THINKING TO MYSELF HOW SAD AND PITIFUL I AM WITHOUT YOU, THEN IT HITS ME ALL OF THE THINGS I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT AND THINK ABOUT ARE GOOD MEMORIES GOOD FEELINGS AND EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT MINE I STILL HAVE ALL THESE GOOD THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT YOU THINGS THAT STILL MAKE ME LAUGH THAT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD THAT LET ME KNOW I, WE WERE HAPPY TOGETHER THEN THE WORDS OF ANOTHER POET COMES TO MIND HE SAID TIS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THEN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL AND AS I DRIFT OFF INTO A DEEP SLEEP I SEE YOU THERE AND WE ARE DOING ALL THE THINGS WE LOVE TO DO IN A PLACE WHERE NO ONE CAN COME BETWEEN US AND I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WASTE IT WAS TO LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT M. ADONIS LAYNE 4/29/06
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:05:51 +0000
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