Eyes Fallen Shut

Eyes Fallen Shut

By Uvi Poznansky

If my eyes fall shut, there’s no darkness around me

Walls tumble away… I’m not locked in a box

If my ears turn deaf, there’s no suffering. I’m free

Of this incessant ticking of silenced blank clocks

Cursed to wait, wait, wait still longer to dart

When someone out there releases a grip

Now I sense a slight spin… A hinge, stirring… A start 

As my lid cranks, cracks, creaks open, out I slip

Ready or not, here I come… What a loud Pop!

Do I strike fear? Make your heart freeze?

Held up ever-so-briefly, how soon shall I drop

Back into oblivion, back into a squeeze?

Till I’m found again, forgotten, confined

I’ll be dreaming of you, your eyes fallen shut