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Amanda Kay Burke Mar 2020
Do not stay up waiting for me
You should get some sleep
Lie down and try counting our kisses
Instead of counting sheep
Something I do every once in awhile when I can't sleep
larni Feb 2020
counting

2 hours
3 hours
5 hours
8 hours
10 hours
11 hours
12 hours
13 hours
16 hours
20 hours
23 hours
24 hours
27 hours
29 hours

where are you?
ghosted
I lye here awake
My head keeps thinking
I roll and stare
At the whitewashed ceiling

My eyes are closed
Just waiting for sleep
It all seems pointless
As I lose count of sheep

I finally slip away
I dream that I am flying
To whom and to where?
As I keep on climbing

I feel your embrace
Is that you I'm hearing?
I can see your face
Could it be I'm dreaming?

I open my eyes
I was fast asleep
A renewed sadness arrives
As I start counting sheep


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Amanda Kay Burke Jan 2020
Last day of 2019

To fill-up on pre-twenties thrills and dump old regrets before the etch-a-sketch of your life is shaken clear once more

What might be last chances to indulge the whims of the former version of yourself

And what might be impossible this year will become an accomplishable goal with the flipping of the calender

Have been counting down this moment for the last 24 hours and finally midnight is here
Obviously wrote this on New Year's Eve
Sterling Kelley Jan 2020
one penny
i wish i could stop my heart from beating

two pennies
i wish i could stop my lungs from breathing

three pennies
i wish my head would stop pounding

fountain
drown me
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