POEM STARTER

Submitted by Oddity

The Beauty of Being Asleep

Write a poem which could have this as its title.

The Beauty of Being Asleep

The morbidity of conciousness

The notions of being

Existence is a beautiful thing

Falacies echo through my blood

A life worth living

is a life of love


But with each breath

my soul is caged

And poked

And prodded

And filled with rage


Behave.

I’m told to listen

closely for the morning doves

Because a life worth living

is a life of love…


But what of love

And what of hate

If death is at my door

If life has taught me anything,

It’s rude to have guests wait


A life worth living

is a life of love

so I open the door

brew some tea

for my reaper is waiting for me


With gracious hospitality

and a smile cross my cheeks

I sit on my couch

and prepare to be reaped


So Ill paint my room red

with the lies in my veins

From my morbid consciousness

I swear I’ll abstain


The violence of consciousness

I’m tired of existence


Engraved in me are

the notions of being


But what notions when I’m living

in life without substance


So I’ll sit across death

hot tea in my mug

and let myself bleed

Onti his bones, gently cupped


So chilling, his embrace

strikes through flesh

piercing through my bones


His deathly cold arms

squeeze me with intent

until my heart stops beating

and my body stiff


As I realize the struggle of life

is met with a soul sucking kiss


So sleep I shall

With life behind me

The lies cut away

And my soul set free

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