Read Poem: bone deep, by Kayleigh Marinelli

i’m tired
not go to sleep tired

soul tired
the kind of tired
that takes
time

i want to close my eyes
stare at the galaxies
underneath the lids
live there

bed consumes me
never leave, never sleep
barely conscious
routine repeat

work exhausts me
bone deep
how am i supposed to
care

when i can’t sleep
can’t eat
can’t stay awake
can’t

blink back sleep
it’s soul deep

i wanna stare at
everyone that looks
at me and tell them:
i’m tried

the kind that doesn’t
take sleep