Sometimes I wish I could escape you; I wish I could run away, but no such luck. Ever since we were young you would manifest into my dreams, so it makes it hard to sleep, you see. I wish I could forget you, but I really can’t. No matter how hard or far I run, I could never outrun you. I am scared to close my eyes because all I see is you. I can stare off into space and I see you there. I thought that maybe if I drank you away you would fade, but instead, the only thing fading is me. I guess my only option is for us to have a chat. I have tried to avoid you, but how can I? We are stuck together, not because I want to, but because you are me.

My whole family is dysfunctional so we all drive each other crazy. My younger brother got in trouble for something pretty serious and my whole family has been up since 4:00 a.m. dealing with this problem. Personally I like my sleep, so when it gets interrupted in such a manner, I was ready to walk outside and sleep. We live on a farm so it makes it easy to do something like that. It was a warm night so I would have slept peacefully under the stars thinking about peaceful sleep and how not to strangle the rest of my family. But family is family, right? So you got to love them.