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Created on: December 13, 2007
When I Sleep
When I sleep
I dream of bellies round and
Dead people that
Never seem to disappear
No wrists are slit
In bathtubs rain
No dawn appears
No screaming pain
When I sleep
I think of nothing soft
No voices loud
No paradise
The sadness seems
To belong to only me
I care no more
I cannot see
When I sleep
I hear the ones I miss
And laughter
Never fades away
No hands are filled
With rainbows
And angels
Dance so graceful
When I sleep
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