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by Jen Clarke

Created on: January 16, 2007 Last Updated: May 14, 2007

My heavy eyelids await the time,
When I can fall on the bed,
And pull your body into mine,
But restless thoughts enshroud my head.

Your body is still and I try not to stir,
Laying here quiet in my own little place,
I try to think, faster and faster,
So my thoughts leave my head and out into space.

Morning has broken and my head is sore,
From the thinking I have done,
Realizing that if I think anymore,
Nighttime would have already come.

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