Sweet Dreams, Love

I can still feel the presence of those
Familiar faces
bursting through my numbness
Twisted images beneath my eyelids
Looming
Angry, pleading, screaming
Demanding: hear me
See me, feel me
Listen.
This bed is a cage
To sleep is
to drown
Sinking deep, deep down
Inside my self

Each night I pray for sweeter visions
Soft, pastel stillness
Quiet behind my weary eyes
I am floating
Above it all, I hear you call me
Your voice echos through my subconscious
And for moment,
Our hearts
beat as one
Only to be taken
by the rising sun