In the Computer Chair

She falls asleep sitting up,
crashing into the REM cycle-
sleep so deep it's nearly-
a coma.

No awareness of time passing-
she wakes hours- or minutes-
later-
suddenly aware.

Blinking- she pulls herself
to her tasks-
wiping residual crust-
from bloodshot eyes.

Sometimes-
she wishes she could stay-
her dreams-
feel so much safer than-
the waking world.

A Good Thing I Want to Share

This song is by Idina Menzel, who was the original Elphaba in the musical Wicked. I never got the chance to see this play, and I always wished I could've seen it with her in it, but the closest I got was a rather grainy YouTube playlist that someone was kind enough to upload, which has probably since been removed. Anyhow, I loved the play, and I fell head-over-heels for Idina's lovely voice. At some point, she released an album. This is one of the songs from it that I just happened to listen to tonight when I really needed a burst of something positive, and this helped. A lot. So I thought I might share with you guys, since I've posted so much gloom-and-doom lately. Hope you enjoy. This had me crying tears of hope for the first time in a long while.