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Sleep Deprived

The fatigue flows through me

As if it has invaded the marrow of my bones

Leaking out into the flesh

Rendering me paralyzed in an unfocused state

I sleep to live and wish only to end the dulled mind set

It’s crushing to find that shard of thought

Urging me to get up

Do not sleep, it whispers

There is too much to do, the insidious trails of ideas speak

The words taken down seek to undo the restlessness

The blurred vision of the time slipping past in red numbers

Sleep, my body cries

Wait a minute more, my mind calls back

Sleep deprived with burning eyes

A single tear breaks the tie

I cannot go on

Sleep calls me back

Pulling me down to the place I cannot ignore anymore

Sleep, my body whispers

Sleep, my mind sighs

 

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cindra-carr
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Nov 22, 2011
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