Poetry: "A Prayer Upon Waking"

Ruinous affliction,

Unconscious hell,

No fairytale kiss,

To break the spell,

The suffocating night,

Stretching into day,

With sedated sleep,

Holding sway,

Into that void,

Falls a heavy head,

There’s nowhere safe,

From being your bed;

Your eyelids weighted,

They loosely hang,

Like your guilty head,

Tipped in shame;

Return to waking,

Rise up from sleep,

Pray yourself,

Your soul to keep.