If I close my eyes

 

If I close my eyes,

I'm a beach.

I'm the waves

and the gulls up high.

I'm the sky,

sunlight touching

the ground

like fingers

on a lovers thigh.

 

When I open them

I'm a busy waiting area.

A hospital bed, forgotten

on a side ward,

nothing feels complete.

No part of me

that doesn't ache.

and everything is coated

in waves of doom.

 

If I close my eyes

I'm dreams.

I'm moonlight teasing

the curtains. A gentle breeze

rustling them.

I'm a lover

walking towards

a castle of light,

where the queen

of time

sits awaiting

my sight.

 

If I open them

I'm alone again,

just bright lights

peering directly

at the thoughts

in my head...

 

Oh, please don't read

those thoughts, I scream.

I don't want you

to witness my dreams.

You may see the one that

walks across my beach

during moonlight

and you may realise

that she looks just like you.

So please don't read my thoughts

Not whilst I'm here

vulnerable

with nowhere to hide.

 

 

 

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Kyle