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the hum of the fan, one that refuses to cool any part of the stifling room, is the only sound, with the constant turn of the blades bearing a likeness to the steady rotation of words and sentences and incomplete thoughts thrashing about in my skull. tossing and turning and back again. lying sleepless and increasingly frustrated at the impossibilities I've constructed for myself, in a fortress, if you will, of determined failure. i've become distracted with false fantasies of adequate replacements. i've reached for hands to hold to keep mine from interlacing alone. i've cried out to the walls, to the ceiling, to the emptiness, but i want to come home. i miss Your merciful assurance lulling me to sleep. but i've forgotten the way to You, and i'm terribly lost. i am selfish, ungrateful, and altogether useless, but i promise to try if You'll guide me back in. please. tossing and turning and back again.
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Jul 7, 2011
Jul 7, 2011 at 8:45 AM UTC
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the hum of the fan, one that refuses to cool any part of the stifling room, is the only sound, with the constant turn of the blades bearing a likeness to the steady rotation of words and sentences and incomplete thoughts thrashing about in my skull. tossing and turning and back again. lying sleepless and increasingly frustrated at the impossibilities I've constructed for myself, in a fortress, if you will, of determined failure. i've become distracted with false fantasies of adequate replacements. i've reached for hands to hold to keep mine from interlacing alone. i've cried out to the walls, to the ceiling, to the emptiness, but i want to come home. i miss Your merciful assurance lulling me to sleep. but i've forgotten the way to You, and i'm terribly lost. i am selfish, ungrateful, and altogether useless, but i promise to try if You'll guide me back in. please. tossing and turning and back again.
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Jul 7, 2011
Jul 7, 2011 at 8:45 AM UTC
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