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Sleepless Nights

There are millions of people who can't sleep at night,
they have battles going on inside that they continuously fight.
Too much confusion and uncertainty in their minds,
so much worry that they have going on inside.
Everyone's sleepless nights are different and some heal with time,
but I lay awake wondering is anyone's sleepless nights like mine.
I lay awake thinking of my entire life and how it fell apart.
I lay awake thinking of my mistakes while I cry here alone in the dark.
These sleepless nights I don't get any kind of sleep.
I lay awake lost in my thoughts that run so deep.
I lay awake thinking of my mother and thinking of her pain.
I lay awake thinking how our pain is the same.
At night I lay awake thinking of my brother and wondering what he's doing at that very moment.
I lay awake fighting myself, who is my greatest opponent.
I'll stay awake thinking of my long lost sisters, and wondering how they may look now.
These sleepless nights, I wonder if they will ever be found.
So many people don't know me or the pain I have inside.
No one knows my heart or see the tears that I cry.
No one has ever seen my tears from the deepest pain in me.
No one would ever guess the amount of hurt I've experienced and seen.
Sleepless nights are just one part of my life that I live with day by day.
Sleepless nights is when my thoughts go astray.
They wonder off into the world traveling by air.
They wonder what caused life to be so unfair.
Unfair and cruel with no remorse.
Saying goodbye to my family wasn't my decision, I was forced.
I lay here in the darkness as my tears I try to fight.
I lay here in the cold and darkness of my long and sleepless nights.

By: Twylla Medina