dream // nightmare

4:00 PM

the nights i endured

sometimes filled me

with nothing but your face

and i couldn’t tell

whether you were a dream

or just another haunting nightmare

and i wished to Him

for you to go away

to free me from your silent,

invisible grasps

before i wished to Him

for happiness

upon you and myself

as i gave me some roses

and told my own heart

that i deserved way better

than what’s left

in your vacant soul.

—you are the void i try so hard to escape.