SLEEPEATER

I awaken with a rumble
Stirred by a grumble
Blinking eyes in the thunder
No escape
From the pulling under
Blinded
By the hunger
Feasting
On the numbers
The time it takes
My sleep
Like a hunter

Where does my sleep go
When it rushes from my side
Why does it hide away
In fight or flight
When I get lost in the fray
And can no longer see the way

I fall from my sleep like a boulder
Jostled loose by the shoulder
Gasping breaths, smoky smolder
No way but down
Gravity, the only place holder
Blinded
By the dust of what he told her
Hungrily taking
Then digging in the spur
Counting the time
I am awake
Sleepless chauffer

Where does my sleep go
When it rushes from my side
Why does it hide away
In fight or flight
When I get lost in the fray
And can no longer see the way

Why does my sleep go
Where it cannot be found
Blurring the lines between
Fast and slow
Breathe and choke
Ash and snow
Why does my sleep go
To the one who hates it so
Who takes and crumples
Eats and bundles
Everything I am
For a meal
From which I may not heal