Hebetude

I speak a languid language
when I don't eat at the banquet
Even though I've been famished
for months on end

It's not cuisine I crave for
It's just to not feel languor
It's like I'm trapped in amber
to make amends

Energy preservation
Won't stop my enervation
I take the invitation
and descend

Into a state of lethargic torpor
No energy is torture
Can't make time for departure
With my friends

Carry your burdens but hide behind the curtains
You're too fatigued to do anything but be hurting
Don't flash those dull eyes, don't let them realize that
You're too fatigued to do anything but be hurting

Put on a pretty smile
You've been tired for a while
That is just not your style
Leave your bed

Let not the years elapse
As you sink and collapse
Get this act under wraps
It's in your head

Don't languish in your anguish
You need to be more sanguine
Since your exertion's sank in
Watch where you tread

You must fight the exhaustion
Take the required precautions
Check all your vitals often
Stay ahead

Carry your burdens but hide behind the curtains
You're too fatigued to do anything but be hurting
Don't flash those dull eyes, don't let them realize that
You're too fatigued to do anything but be hurting

Don't let this be an elegy
Don't let me forget this melody
Don't let yourself rest heavenly
Stay alive