POEM STARTER
Submitted by Oddity
The Beauty of Being Asleep
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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