Symptoms of Sleep

Waiting,

he watched her in her deepest sleep

Holding her hand,

Kissing her cheek,

But from this sickened slumber, she would not wake

so he fell,

Defeat

He assumed it all started as a thought,

a thought that was fed and fueled and founded her current existence,

That she could concur it with resistance,

That it was merely a matter of persistence,

When really,

this sickened slumber seeped and creeped and trickled through her veins,

Corroding her mind,

Her muscles restrained,

the shadow of a feeling

that drove her insane

But what was to blame?

He searched and sought for the cause

If not in her mind, if not one of her flaws,

what was taking her away,

Where was she getting lost?

Upon her it fell like darkness,

Wading her way through, tied down by the guilt of her weakness,

Struggling to go on,

she began to feel lifeless

Untraceable, unbearable

she fell further into the sleep

And from the inside,

she watched

as he watched,

Admitting defeat