Wake me up…..

[Skyybird]

Eyes wide open, yet seeing nothing

Mind working, yet thinking nothing

Tired rituals play on repeat

Never new, rarely different

Numbingly automatic.


Stifled and occupied without meaning

Volumous tasks of vacant emptiness

Burning inside, fighting to get out

Searching for a place

Summoning the strength.


Distracted and thoughtful

Patience absent,

Dreaming, simmering

Eager to try…..

Desperate to feel…..


Wake Me Up!

[jezabel]

skyy, that is hauntingly beautiful...thank u

[Saheli]

Wow! I have spent many, many hours trying to describe that feeling that I know so well. It's pretty difficult. The only word I can usually think of is numb. You did such a good job. This is the only poem I've come across that describes this feeling. Hopefully you aren't in a situation where dissociation is necessary...at least not constantly. I agree with jezabel 100%...it's haunting, and it's definitely beautiful.