Poem2021-02-28T08:31:17+00:00

Sleep Forever

By: Tonese Rene Reed

Sleep tonight, sleep forever
No matter what I'll leave you never
To exist in a world not even there
No pain at all can even compare
Wanting to run, but nowhere to go
Growing up feeling like a silly hoe
It's not even like that, I can explain
But would you believe me, or say I was to blame?
I lost my sanity, I died inside
I lived with it, he never apologized
Little ten year old, brown eyed girl
You were supposed to protect this precious pearl
Ten is the magic number I guess I can say
I took ten pills to take the pain away
I wanted to die never to live again
Find someone to be my friend
I'm feeling the physical, the emotional is gone
The pain from the pills, a tragedy song
The pains of my past stalked me today
Letting me know I can't runaway
Needing some love, but no love was found
So I went to other people hoping they'd turn it around
But they made it worse with what they've done
I felt so worthless, I needed to run
Run away, run away brown eyes girl
I guess I was never a precious pearl
To be happy is my biggest dream
I smile cause I'm human, nothing in between
The nightmares, the pain, those awful memories
Put me in a box of human disbelief
Sleep tonight, sleep forever
Even if I die, I'll leave you never