Watermelaina

I'm falling so I'm taking my time on my ride :] Sometimes sleep is my enemy. Not because I can't claim it for my own, Though sometimes that is the case. But because It claims me and tortures me relentlessly. The sandman loves my brain Two mad scientists cooking up schemes all night Trauma, confusion, pain A soup of words less spoken Tonight I feel a calm, a numbness. I woke up this morning with my eyes closed I sleep tonight with my mind open. The moon's protection will not reach me The heroes of my heart ride with me on my train They distract me from the titans of anxiety Who lurk beneath the waves of my consciousness They deposit me on a cloud Higher and Higher I float Closer and Closer to the sun I watch the stars explode around me The horizon splits It's morning. The dust of another battle won Flutters off my lashes The pain of another battle won settles into my joints, my tissues. The sun's inspiration will not reach me T...

MIDNIGHT OWL From the tower window she looked up at the clear night sky, then down at the deserted stone grounds of the courtyard. "Be careful. A fall like that would be talked about for generations." warned her companion, hidden in the shadows.  "I rather like the idea of being remembered." She replied, still gazing at the glistening stone far beneath her.  "I certainly prefer it to being trapped."  "Who put you up here? Was it not your own self?"  "That's a rather cruel perspective to entertain."  "Cruel but not dishonest."  "I suppose..." She stared into the shadows of her quarters, straight into judging, glowing yellow eyes. "Everything I have done has been to make myself miserable. Which explains why I allow you to be here every night."  "If I were to disappear, you would too." The girl's companion flapped her wings defiantly.  The girl, sat at the...