I sleep to escape
My life
I don’t want to live
Reality
It bites
I sleep to dream
Even
Nightmares
Bring more
Comfort
Than the
Broken glass
Fragments
Of reality
That stab
My veins
Threatening
To pierce
The vessels
Beneath my
Delicately
Tensile
Skin
I sleep to breathe
Imagination
Brings
Peace of
Mind
Blank
And free
Of the
Daily
Tiring
Emotions
That creep
Up on me
And all at once
Constrict
Me in a
Strait jacket
I sleep to stop
My aching head
From the reality
I want that
Eludes me.