A Difficult Truth

Night's torment shows 
in rumpled sheets 
a pillow dented 
by unsettled dreams

I sleep like the dead 
haunted by 
half-formed faces
locked doors 
that won't open

Sometimes, 
truth can be faced 
only in the dark 
for in the light of day 
it takes more courage 
than I possess 
to acknowledge 
the prison I am trapped in


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