The Past in present

PAST

In light of sleep

My eyes opened briefly to reveal light

An enormous amount of heat had broken me

To the point of an almost drunken haze

I had lacked thought

I was near empty

My shoes had maintained their duty

By carrying me through the crosswalk to the other side of town

My eyes closed

They opened again, briefly, and revealed a world of older men

With mustaches and machines

One shouted “Are you sleeping!?”

I had slept walked through the town

PRESENT

Point A to point B

I can make it

I have to convince myself that I’ll survive

If it weren’t for convincing I’d have nothing to do

There is a long stretch of pavement beneath my feet

And it takes hours to reach the door

I assume that the monsters hide behind the brick surface

to the left of me

I cling to this metal as if I have the ability to overpower

Such a thing

                                                                  Birds fly over me every single morning 

                                                                  and look down on me

                                                                  As if I am some form of entertainment

I resent the fact that my life has dwindled down to being a participant

In a crows idea of a sideshow