Bedsheets

Sunshine lights up the room.

Bones crack and pop

as another day awaits me.

I twist and contract a

body that weighs heavy.

I strain my eyes, but I don’t see.

Can’t see what you do.

Do you hear what I’m hearing?

All the noise; these sounds.

They shock me; so loud.

You tell me to believe.

It can’t hurt to try.

But I feel all this pain.

It goes deep inside.

The pressure in my brain

threatens to overwhelm me.

My mind wanders far into dark.

All the shadows make me blind.

I feel them tugging at my arms.

It stings, the red blood flows.

I draw the curtains down.

My eyelids are heavy;

there’s so many stars.

I feel a trembling in my chest.

As the sun goes down,

you walk in with open arms.

I hear your heartbeat.

And I see your smile.

My feet crack and

stretch to meet your gaze.

Everything seems to be okay.