Sllep Forever

--Sleep Forever--

I want to sleep forever.
No longer in pain-
Safe from the blisters and burns.

I want to disappaer;
To become the smoke that will arise from my corpse,
Or the blood that forever dyes the ground crimson.

I want to be safe.
Taken away from the injustice,
Away from the geneocide.

But I don't want to be alone.
Even in eternal darkness,
I want Death to walk beside me-
Hold my hand and lead me away.

I'll leave you here,
If I can also leave the torture and nightmares.
I'll forget about you,
If it means I'll forget the faces of the burned and gassed-
Those countless tortured souls whom Death finally took long after they died.

...Don't worry, though. I won't forget.
Not even when I can sleep forever.