SLEEPLESS


i am sleepless
an insomniac
on this night
waiting
for the end of my innocence
to finally come
not with a loud noise
but with the last
exhalation
of a dying woman's breath
in that breath
i am assured
a death myself,
one like no other
and i fear
i will find myself
a lone swimmer
in shark infested waters
minus my life raft
minus my idol
minus my heart

april 28, 1999 5:49 am

GRANDMOM