Dosage

When did I become so sad
That my brown eyes turned to blue
And salty tears drip down my cheeks
A brilliant ocean hue?

When did I become so cruel?
A self-inflicted mess
My confidence stabs like a knife
Beneath jaded success

When did I become so tame
That adventure no longer calls?
Instead I linger in my room
Closed off by bedroom walls

Oh, tell me how I grew so tired
That melatonin keeps me awake
And no matter what the dosage is
My heart pills always break

How I wish to feel alive again..
Perhaps there will come a day
When my sickness that is sadness
Will find a cure to go away.

~lmw

(Photo by Lexi Wright)