I can't stay.
Trapped by thoughts too haunting.
Choking on promises. Hopes. Dreams.
(of a later time)
Seeing love {imagination} though broken mirrors.
Stale lungs lay motionless.
Clinging to that last kiss.
A goodbye so {bitter}sweet.
Once I was lost and found in your eyes.
Now you return to me...lost
with no map to my eyes.

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The scissors mock me from my night stand,
"I can make you look new again.
Give you a new identity."
I hate when inanimate objects taunt me.
I fear my lack of sleep has made me easy prey
from all the things that go, "bump in the night."

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The sun came out to play today.
He wanted to share my thoughts.
I've never been good at sharing.
So, I hid beneath my covers
'til he went to sleep.

/././././././././././././././.

The moon never looked so tempting.
She has a song all her own.
I made a sad attempt at her melody
but the stars began to dull.
For the rest of the night I sat
with my ear pressed against my window.

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