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Sleep

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I'm tired of watching the clock tick to single digits


Sleep, why have you left me?

I hate your absence
Since there is nothing to fill it
But my own stupid, screaming thoughts

Sleep, why have you left me?

I hate your presence
Yet the only time I can escape you
Is when I need you most

Sleep, why have you left me?

I'm tired all the time
But you still elude me
It gets harder to handle by the day

Sleep, why have you left me?

Maybe I pushed you away without knowing it
Maybe staying awake with my thoughts
Is better than falling asleep
And seeing the images in my head
That I think are real upon waking

Sleep, I know why you left me

Because I wanted you to leave

But, Sleep, even though you hurt me

Can you please come back?
The road to insomnia is a sleepy one...

I really like repetition poems. Dunno why...
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RestartBob's avatar
Sigh, I miss a normal sleep schedule.