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Goodnight

I know of a land

where none but I have been

Not a land between seas

but a land of within

The familiar becomes fear

A home becomes a stage

The room whispers empty

I yell back in rage

The walls have me captive

Outside is but lore

For the clouds upon the ceiling

send floods through my door

A plea sent through the waves

for mere grace to stay afloat

But the sound heard in the gap

are the thoughts inside my throat

Like running from a bee

when you become aim of its sting

The past will pierce you again

with the daggers that it brings

The moon sings the stars' ode

My soul beside me it lays

for no one else would

I bid goodnight from the grave

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waleed-khalidi
Published
Apr 17, 2014
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#poem#sad#lonely#goodnight
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