i've been having trouble sleeping

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Here are some poems I've written recently, instead of resting my weary head. I just can't seem to quiet my thoughts. My creativity often comes at the most inconvenient times.

stars in my eyes

honey flows from your mind

lips mellifluous

light from your body

my idea of an angel

under your gaze

i flourish

like a flower bending upwards towards the sun

or the first stretch of the morning

what are you that makes me feel like this

to be embedded into your being

cradled in your warmth

for eternity

would be a pleasure

1:30am

i am starving

but nothing i eat

will satiate me

i have come to learn

i will never be full

an emptiness exists

in the dankest, darkest depths of my being

it has been there for as long as i can remember

glimpses of serenity

that never last

nothing good ever lasts

isn't that what makes life so precious

why can't that be enough

will that ever be enough

mechanics

you go through the motions

in an endless cycle

drained of all meaning

you ask yourself if it is worth it

as if that matters

choice is merely an illusion

when it comes to survival

stay strong, my dear

as the day always ends

the sun will rise in the morning

and you will do it all again

because that is who you are

and this is what you have to do

inevitably, the spark wanes

but light is still needed

when the candle burns out