Sleepless Tears

The tears fall as they lie still, neither fully asleep nor awake, caught in the quiet moments between dreams and memories, their sadness too heavy to rest and too deep to wake

They cry into the pillow, letting the exhaustion of the day mix with the weight of their troubles, falling into a drowsy state where sleep and sorrow share the same space

This person is resting their eyes, but the tears keep coming, like the sadness is too stubborn to stay away, even as they try to recharge for what's next

The combination of emotional weariness and physical tiredness makes their tears flow as they lie there, not quite sleeping but not fully awake, caught between two worlds of feeling and fatigue

They've been awake too long, their eyes heavy with sleep and their heart heavy with grief, so they let the tears fall as a kind of rest, like crying is their way of both falling asleep and waking up