Barrier.

Every day you wake up.

The sun still shines.

Every day you fall asleep,

you feel a weight begin to squeeze you tight, and never leave you alone.

You fight to break through the barrier, but it comes crashing back down,

leaving your whole body numb.

Falling asleep is always hard.

There is nobody there to catch you.

Nobody hears you. Nobody sees you.

No matter what you do.

No matter how light it becomes,

the darkness always catches you.

You grip the bedsheets making your knuckles purple.

Sweat drips from the tip of your forehead.

Your heart rate speeds up

you can't settle back down.

There is no going back to sleep now.

Your bedroom is darkness.

It traps you inside,

leaving you clinging.

You wake up. You take in the barrier of light.

The darkness still clings inside.

You are drowning with no way out,

but the sun continues to shine.

A barrier surrounds it,

and there is no way out.

It doesn't wait for you

and it always leaves you.