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I was once too young for exhausted sleep So I tiptoed to the window for a peek of excited light Flickering in the solid wall of insufferable darkness I wanted to hold that tiny pinprick of moonshine Twinkling and twirling just our of reach I was once too young to know what forever was So I grabbed a mason jar, Coaxed a bemused spark to the secrecy of a sleepless room And sealed the lid just a twist too tight In the morning I found my once glowing prize Dark at the bottom of his suffocated tomb And in that moment I learned to fear the darkness Of tomorrow’s dreaded night
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Dec 15, 2012
Dec 15, 2012 at 6:04 PM UTC
Moonshine
I was once too young for exhausted sleep So I tiptoed to the window for a peek of excited light Flickering in the solid wall of insufferable darkness I wanted to hold that tiny pinprick of moonshine Twinkling and twirling just our of reach I was once too young to know what forever was So I grabbed a mason jar, Coaxed a bemused spark to the secrecy of a sleepless room And sealed the lid just a twist too tight In the morning I found my once glowing prize Dark at the bottom of his suffocated tomb And in that moment I learned to fear the darkness Of tomorrow’s dreaded night
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Dec 15, 2012
Dec 15, 2012 at 6:04 PM UTC
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