ACROSTICS

SLEEP
Struggling against the night I
Lean into my pillow
Entreating my eyes to close, my
Ears to recede into my head
Please, I must sleep soon.


AWAKE
Although I’m tired, I
Wallow in sleeplessness
Allow thoughts to stretch
Keeping restfulness awake
Even as I begin to dream.


TIRED
Tonight the silence is loud
Interrupting my dreams
Refusing offered treats
Each tick-tock of the clock
Deafens my heart-beat.


DREAM
Doubt begins with darkness
Revealing viscera black with
Everything I fear
Anger echoes off emptiness
Muffling the voice of comfort.


CAN’T
Considering my
Ability, many
Negative, weak
Thoughts dominate.


POEM
Pretend your dreams
Open like flowers
Each new bud
Matches your soul.


SONG
Sing with lungs
Open and strong,
Notice your voice
Gives you meaning.


MUSIC
Make noise that gets
Under your
Skin, believe
Imagination will
Continue forever.


WRITE
Will the pen to
Roam across the page
Invite thoughts that
Teach little lessons
Everyone forgets.


IMAGINE
Inside the cavern
Mark your way
Annoy the darkness with
Gifts of laughter
Intended to illuminate
Night corners hiding bugs
Eating sorrow and fear.


GONE
Gorge memories with
Overt nostalgia
Never hold too tight
Even if you can.


ALONE
And when do you know you are
Lost? Is it the emptiness that
Ovals out from you chest
Nearly stopping your heart?
Each breath feels like the last.


SMILE
Sunflowers
Manage
Incredible
Laughter
Each day.


IDEA
Intersect boredom with
Dreams and
Envelope it inside yourAwakening mind