2013-05-28 - 8:46 p.m.
Sense them squirming,
rolling under thick, dark covers of fatigue.
Sleep forms and deforms them
all in absurdities
in a single-framed, mental picture.
Feel them clawing their way out,
tearing the covers to pieces
as you're wide awake.
Wait.
They still haven't escaped.
They're still trapped inside your brain,
causing your face to form a strain.
Quiet them down with mental instructions,
yet they still keep on screaming
like dying prisoners
inside an isolated dungeon.
They refuse to wait.
Why do you still hesitate?
They've been where they are way too long.
They shouldn't be kept there until your own strength is gone.
Set them free,
and you'll feel relieved.
True is all you need to be
in order to really breathe...
R.
(Jakarta, 19/5/2013 - 8:00 pm)
