Pressing Pause
Wake up to reality
Your soft profile blends with the pillow
I watch you sleep
You snore gently
Like static
.
I know this moment is fleeting
That we are too
The fragile tension
Will soon dismantle
.
Freeze this moment
The plane of light
Cast across the bed
The comforting pause of daybreak
.
Wake up, you fool!
.
Let this be us
Not the angry nights
And painful days
Just this morning cocoon
.
I lie still
Prolonging the scene
But inevitably
It will unravel
.
I remember it though
I’m replaying it now
A moment of peace
When it could have been good
.
I push back the covers
And watch it dissolve
About the Creator
Matthew Batham
I’m a horror movie lover and a writer. My stories have been published in numerous magazines and on websites in both the UK and the US.
I’ve written several books including the story collection Terrifying Tales to Read on a Dark Night
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