Lie-ing In The Dark Eyes wide open Lying in the dark Waiting for my wicked friend To make its little mark Upon my psyche-Marry me? Humour me?a blot upon my mindscape Trying to escape? Except the bottom of a bottle Is a twisted tourniquet So I... Pick the scab Let it heal Wait until it's real and then I Build it up Knock it down Bury it Repeat Maybe we need time apart? Maybe it's a game; If #life is based on chance and circumstance Surely I'm a winner? Why then all the empty silences? Why the need for space? Craving for the answers cos Absence makes the heart grow bitter