WAKE UP

It is so easy to lose sight of

What is right before our eyes,

So easy to ignore it;

Time speeds fast, slow, yet paced

The pressure you feel

Exerting every last ounce, 

Each breath,

Every step of the way

You start simple, calm,

Slow steps, paced heartbeats

With echos, resonating all over

From the hair tips to your soles

It overpowers you;

Shivers down your spine

Cold chills running down

Leaving you breathless at a time

You ponder and question

The heartache, the nauseating

Feeling stirring in your gut,

The empty void that just lingers

You are missing something 

But cannot grasp a hold of it

And cannot let go either

It still has that hold over you

You reminisce of

Simpler times;

Warm by the blanket,

Another beating heart right by your side

Do you remember how tightly you held?

As if you were sworn to protect it

Do you know what you gave up?

Did you feel it when it started to fade?

Now you are left alone,

Stuck in a loop

Craving something

That cannot come back to you

Your first breaths of the morning

Draw life from her witnessing

The sun reflect her presence, 

It made you feel alive 

The touch that awoke you

Soft hands trailing your face,

Warm, gentle, poised,

Ever so tender 

You let it all slip away

Because you did not know who you were

You still do not know do you?

Let this be the start

Remember that feeling

Hold it as tight as you can

But not too tight,

Even good things have an end

Eventually you will realize 

Some part of this is just a Dream 

One you do not want to wake

Or escape from

Because that dream 

Feels more real than what is

It feels like what was

But is not 

You know better though,

You know your heart more

Than I do so,

Do not let me fall again; Wake up!!