Clockwork girl by Damaris Martinez

She sleeps, 

sleeps 

until she can’t.

She’s afraid to wake up. 

She’s awake

awake

until she’s not. 

She’s afraid to fall asleep.

Why are you afraid, 

clockwork girl?

To fall asleep when your

Inner workings, 

Are overworking.

To be awake, 

Depart from your night(mares)dreams, 

It leaves an ache. 

Trying to cross from one

State of being to another, 

It leaves you alone to face reality, 

A new day (night). 

Grab your sword

 clockwork girl. 

Don't be afraid 

To cut between the veil of the two.

You are burning,  

Sweltering,  

Malfunctioning, 

clockwork girl. 

Your gears, your wheels,  

your  steel,

Everything in you,  

Is overworking to the bone.

You’re inner mechanisms are

Screaming at you to be 

Submerged in the calm

Cool waters

They wish to be drowned so that  

It could be ever so quiet

In you. 

Listen to them.

Before they drown you too

Swim,

clockwork girl.

They siege to be

submerged in your tears.  

Don’t be afraid to live,

clockwork girl.