“Cocoon” © MSK 11-17-2016
Sitting in a tub full of honey and milk
Long enough so your skin feels like silk.
Or bathe yourself in the big-city lights
Sleep through the day and roaming the nights.
Knowing life is often harder than it seems
Surround yourself with your favorite teams.
Winners today and losers tomorrow
Buy memories you cannot borrow.
Don’t want to end up another worthless jerk
Get up early and stay late at work.
Study all week ‘cause you can’t fail the test
Never satisfied until you’re the best.
But lately I need none of that.
Just pull up the covers until it is warm and dark.
No need to get up and leave the room
I just want to stay in my little cocoon.
Keep repeating my favorite song.
I love my life, don’t get me wrong.
Conversations with family and friends.
But I always know how the movie ends.
Keep driving around but there’s no place to park.
Nightmares no longer kept to the dark.
Eyes open as the dream fades away.
Stuck in this game and I don’t want to play.
Take no comfort in any of that.
Even the fastest of us get eaten by the shark
No need to get up and leave the room
I just want to stay in my little cocoon.
But lately I need none of that.
Just pull up the covers until it is warm and dark.
No need to get up and leave the room
I just want to stay in my little cocoon.
MidiMike 
If only this was even a possibility.
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Took me a while to get out of my cocoon! Thanks, and I hope you find yours.
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Excellent writing Mike! Some days I go into my cocoon to rest and recharge. I spent most of my childhood living in one and slowly broke through as an adult, but I still like to visit.
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Good way of thinking about it. I call it recharging my batteries. My childhood cocoon is a bit small these days, but I still like to visit lol! Thank you!
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haha.. Love it! Wish I could be in my cocoon too! Lol.. Nice work! : )
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