It's 3:30 am
Every night something is keeping me up
Every night I lay awake thinking...
Is it insomnia keeping me up through the dark dreary nights
Is it my chaotic bipolar mind telling me nothing in the end will work out right
Is it loneliness feeling as if all my friends left and nothing seems right
Or is it jealously where I don't know my place in the world, but everyone else I know seems just fine
I can't find my mind
I can't make the time
The wiring went faulty
I'm out of place
Am I out of my mind?
It's 3:32 am
Continplating on what I should do with this life
Everyone always says things in the end workout alright
But I can't get any sleep at night
I'm tired of trying
I'm tired of putting up a fight
And for what cost?
All my feelings and emotions are lost.

Along the shore
I walk with myself
In mute conversation
With splashing waves
They say to me
We do not know thee
Why so lonely
What brings you here
Standing on your toes
What do you want to see
Across the blue sea
We have a treasure
With you to share
Keep some shells
Each will tell
The story of the ocean
That you should listen
The echos of the past
Present and future
Embedded here
Deep in the blue
Love is pure
Each conch will tell
In shells it dwells
Pearls and tales
Of love and passion
Of tears in ocean
Precious potion
Shells do treasure
Walking along the shore
I keep wanting more

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