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Poetry: Insomnia

by Michelle Gilmour

Created on: February 12, 2009

Sleep, come

Please drown me

The clock ticks so slowly

And these thoughts could be deadly

The silence gives me chills

As my mind tries to make noise

Please shut it up

I'm so tired of hearing myself

The weight of my eyes

Yet, lay here is all I can do

I have no more patience

No more energy to play this game

Sleep, come

Please drown me

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