As I Lay Dying Poem by Frank Valenti

Laying here bleeding out

I feel care free and helpless

You've done this to me

Without the literal action

Words cut deeper than any knife

What you've done has taken this life

With my body numbing and sensation dulling

The embrace of warmth surrounds me

Vision blurred and voice slurred

As I lay dying

I feel a stir and distorted sound

I roll over and feel unbound

Hit the snooze with no time to weep

I cannot escape you even in my sleep