better left unsaid | a book of poems

𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩

when you fall asleep

you're turning a page

in the book that is your life

i guess,

with me,

i don't sleep because i don't 

want a new day to come

with new days come new responsibilities

with new responsibilities come

new anxieties and fears. 

what if i don't do it right?

what if i can't do it?

what if i'm not enough?

yet, 

with every night,

i find myself turning that page anyways

because no matter how long you want

to sit in the past,

the future always makes its way to you

but,

when i sleep,

all of yesterday's taunts drift away

and today's worries aren't here yet

it's the in-between

a place you don't want to be in

but when you're in it you don't want to leave

and when you're out of it,

you want to go back.

so,

when you fall asleep

you're beginning again

and starting a fresh page

in the book that is your life.