Talking In My Sleep Poem by Joseph Edwards

Then just like you, I'd fall asleep. Finally I am free.
Every time I come here I start asking myself if you're safer in your dreams.

I hate hospitals.
The last time I saw you was the last time our eyes met.
I stood there beside you, unable to move, frozen in the ICU.
Staring back with only a look, you told me never to trust him.
Sometimes we might need a little guidance…a little magic!
I was like an ice cube in a heat of panic.
Watching the tangle of tubes do what I couldn't.
It's been months since you ended
your nightmare and started dreaming.
I haven't played in weeks, I just keep remembering.
Hey Sister, remember you told me we chose our dreams,
Just keep playing and never give up.
You told me these lies behind a mask of convincing confidence.
You knew you were never going to be the same again.
Our dreams can be a safe, but confusing place.
Sleep is no longer helping,
the music isn't drowning out the noise,
The chemicals help
but can never begin to silence his voice in our heads.
That isn't enough any more.
I can't stand it.
This room, you in that bed.
The reason you hurt yourself.
You were protecting yourself.
What he did to you he's doing to me now.
I understand why you chose to fly away.
So stay asleep.
Your safer asleep, but I am awake, and I will tell someone.
Today you are safe and sound.
That's what you are now.
Here with all these doctors and nurses around.

And like you, soon I'll fall asleep. Finally free.
Every time I come here I start asking myself if we'll be safer in our dreams.