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Awakening

Her reddened eyes

reopened

it seemed

like she had been crying

but she hadn’t

Not a tear

But for that moment

as she refocused

approaching awake again

It seemed like sadness

burdened her

had surrounded her sleep

sending phantoms

to populate her dreams

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