Fivea.m. finds me again. Saturated darkness An alarm's tuneless notes ring inthe air Every part of me wants to calm its annoying wail, I'm afraidwithout its sound. Whispers and secrets sometimes awaken mysilence. Secrets I'm not supposed to hear, Secrets that seep through thewalls, Secrets that tap their fingers on my sleeping eyelids Outside mybedroom door lies a different world, A world where feelings don'tmatter Whispers crescendo Slammed doors and shattered hearts, Pride anddignity left broken on the floor. My familiar music of the night, Issomething morning should not know. Morning should be rustling sheets, Withspoons in cereal bowls Or wind brushing its fingers through treebranches, That wake up to the cold. Morning doesn't welcome A slimyresidue of brewing banters From the night before. I cling to the last cryof the alarm for comfort, Before I drown myself in the waters of mysheets. I sleep a little longer So as not to hear the silence, it makes meshudder.
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