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I'm Not Sleeping

September 29, 2009
By Bureiku GOLD, Spring, Texas
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Has no one told you I'm not breathing?

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I laid my head down
I shut my eyes
I dreamed and dreamt
Yet all is dark
There are no happy whispers anymore
There is no one there when I open my eyes
There is no more warmth when I feel my skin
Suddenly I know I’m not sleeping

© Rebecca S., Coventry, RI

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