Insomniac

(He) Forgot how to dream
Staring into the darkness  
Left behind at the end  
Of endless days/(daze)  
 
There was nothing left of sleep  
As the dead of night  
Pressed his eyes  
Against the silence of 2AM.  
 
Thoughts screamed bloodshot  
Through a dull cold ache  
Where the heart used to beat  
Hope singing sunshine into morning  
 
Do you remember when  
The crickets hummed  
Like electricity through  
The desert night?  
 
When bonfires filled the floor with shadows  
Stretching nervously as silhouettes of sage  
Breathing asthmatic against whispers wild  
While we laid sober under the weight of stars  
 
Edges red, bleeding faded embers  
Winking at creases in the stone  
Disappearing into deep secret nooks  
Unknown forever to nostalgia  
 
Splitting at stretched seams  
Pleading for release of sunrise  
To paint over this veil of gray  
And trace his face with spring