My Eyes Close By Themselves Poem by Joen Coronel

In just a blink

you sink

.

In just a flip

you sleep

.
In just a finger snap

you swap

.

Just in time my eyes close

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You
Sink in the deep blue

Sleep in a white hue

Swap your soul from a mild dew to a mindless clue.

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You are the lightest cotton ever lived

The flame shining fieriest, so naive

Still, you can’t be lit

Your candle is melted and split.

.

Are these true?

Are they real?

Are they new?

Are these surreal?

.

It’s drilling in my head

The pain, the memories

It’s quaking under my bed

The past, the miseries

It’s boring in my skin

The thoughts, the regrets

It’s dripping down my chin

The tears, the threats

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Those are just walls

When I’m stone-walling

Those are just imageries

When I’m imagining

Not even knowing

That nightmares are dreams too

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Until I close my eyes

And my tears drip, then

Sink

Sleep

Swap

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This time, my eyes close by themselves.