by Julia, Western Australia
I close my eyes, I lie in bed.
The world seems louder in my head.
A light switched off, a door's low croak, I'm feeling tense. It's not a joke.
My airy room is dyed pitch black,
I'm helpless at the night's attack.
I toss and turn, I curl up tight,
The minutes flick past through the night.
Mum told me, for this time of need,
To find a happy place. Indeed,
I've tried and tried to find the one,
That gives me slumber before dawn.
But then my thoughts take a new shape,
To one more place I will escape.
I lie in grass, relieved of stress,
With sunlight in the blue sky - yes!
The sky is open, bright, clear, blue
The sun glows shades I never knew.
I lie alone, but happy still
If this won't do it, nothing will.
And then a breath comes from the side
I turn, my blue eyes open wide.
He lays there, simple, lovely, plain
He's like a sunburst after rain.
In reality, he's never known,
The deep crush that my heart has sown.
But in this new world, all is clear
For why else would he join me here?
For hours all we do is smile
This 'happy place' is SO worthwhile.
The slumber claims me in a daze,
The world erases
But he stays.
