a literary journal

POETRY

Not My Line

 

If sleep is death being shy,

Then a single bed is a shallow grave,

Then pillow talk is your final breath,

Then goodnight is goodbye.


If sleep is death being shy,

Then bunk beds are a tragedy,

Then clean sheets are a fresh pall,

Then bedtime stories are eulogies. 



If sleep is death being shy,

Then I shall not sleep tonight.