last night

Last night I dreamt with the lights on,
Perpetually dreaming of turning them off.
My semi-self finally floated off the bed
And extinguished the blaze on the ceiling.
My ghost wafted back into my body
As I clamped my eyes shut to keep myself in.
But my eyelids must had caught on fire.
Because the light still seeped in.
I opened my eyes (hoping to blow out the flames)
To realize that the fire was much deeper inside of me.
I dragged my eyelids closed
Waiting for the oceans of dreams
To come wash away the fires within my eyes.