a poem for school :)

[messyjessy08]

Let Me Stay
By Jessica Thornsberry

Let me stay in this world of mine
Just a bit longer.
Let me stay in my escape,
Lulled into a subconscious content
Away from the world I’ve learned of,
And the problems I know will be waiting.

Let me stay in this world of mine.
In this beautiful creation of my imagination,
With purple skies and fluffy clouds
So so far from the reality just waiting,
Reaching and clawing to drag me back.
Cackling with glee as it waits,
Knowing I’ll have to return sometime.

Let me stay in this world of mine
Where I can spend my time
Airless and carefree,
No problems in sight.
Nothing but what I dream, what I create.
No need to think, to rationalize.
Where I can just live.
Where I can just be.

My alarm screams its tone
Ripping my world in two,
Shredding the peace, tearing it inside out.
No!
Just let me stay a bit longer.
Let me keep my wonderful world intact,
Keep it together a bit longer.
Let me have my peace,
Please!

But no.
This world doesn’t care for mine,
Doesn’t care about the beauty and serenity
I have created.
I’m just another hapless victim,
Destined to walk the streets cold and alone.

But not me, no!
I have my world of wonder.
So unlike that other
With its chaos, its death, famine, desolation;
Not in my world.
If only I could stay a bit longer
Breathing its cool air,
Filling my lungs with the hope
That no longer exists in reality.

I throw the covers off of me,
Wincing at the instant chill it brings.
My world is gone for now
And another takes its place.
But I will return.
In a matter of time, I will go back.
Back to my world;
Back where I belong,
Where I will always be.
Even when I’m in this world
Witnessing myself all that you’ve created,
My heart, my mind, my soul
Will be in that other place,
The peaceful world of my dreams.

Oh, how I wish I could stay.
Wish I could stay for just a bit longer,
In this wonderful world I’ve created.