When Deprived of a Headache

I feel free, calm, unvanquished.
But I wish I could go back
And let the aching excruciate.

At least I could fall asleep in your eyes.

And I don’t have to pretend you’re real.

But I chose to rest and let the discomfort be gone.
Now I only dream of melodramatic melancholy
For I slept for hours, and now the pain is gone…

And so are you.