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I want to sleep The kind of want that burns in your chest Reaching for something that isn’t there Being shut out over and over again I can’t turn it off The thoughts are being thrown around my head Like a snitch in a quidditch match Mythical, impossible And yet there it is buzzing Bouncing off the sides of my head Waiting to be caught I count back from ten like usual Doesn’t work I play deep sleep sounds on Alexa Brains still on Make it shut off!!!! Make the feelings of helplessness disappear To sleep is to dream To dream is to escape Just one night of escape is all I ask I shut my eyes and my dreams begin to dance Finally
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Jun 15, 2018
Jun 15, 2018 at 2:12 AM UTC
Sleep
I want to sleep The kind of want that burns in your chest Reaching for something that isn’t there Being shut out over and over again I can’t turn it off The thoughts are being thrown around my head Like a snitch in a quidditch match Mythical, impossible And yet there it is buzzing Bouncing off the sides of my head Waiting to be caught I count back from ten like usual Doesn’t work I play deep sleep sounds on Alexa Brains still on Make it shut off!!!! Make the feelings of helplessness disappear To sleep is to dream To dream is to escape Just one night of escape is all I ask I shut my eyes and my dreams begin to dance Finally
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Jun 15, 2018
Jun 15, 2018 at 2:12 AM UTC
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