When you wake up in the middle of the night
Unable to keep your eyes closed
When you sit on the sofa waiting for light
Sweet silence when you need it the most
When you sit in a group breaking lockdown rules
A simple stress relief and a laugh
When you reminisce about life in high school
Without truly thinking about your past
Do you feel me?
When I laid, legs open, sprawled across that ground
Eyes wide, too afraid to move
When I stared at your ceiling waiting for a sound
That you told me I could never prove
When I stood in that doorway, not sure what to do
Sweet silence ringing in my ears
When I listened to you tell me that it simply wasn’t true
That room became one of my fears. So
What you see when you can’t sleep,
is what I see when I do. So
when you don’t sleep
but I can,
I’m sitting right next to you.
Do you see me?