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August 15, 2011
By little-miss-mistakes GOLD, Plano, Texas
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Heavy and hard to hold,
Your eyelids over your eyes,
They’re begging for the sweet relief
That only sleep can bring.
But you’re afraid, so you hold them up;
Just like your head
So high,
And you face another sleepless night,
As you try to convince yourself
That monsters only exist in your nightmares,
Though they never cease.

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little-miss-mistakes GOLD said...
on Aug. 21 2011 at 10:27 pm
little-miss-mistakes GOLD, Plano, Texas
18 articles 2 photos 70 comments

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even after all these years the sun has never said to the earth, you owe me... look at what a love like that can do, it can light up the sky

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thank you!!

 

thetruthawaits94 SILVER said...
on Aug. 21 2011 at 10:26 pm
thetruthawaits94 SILVER, Duncan, Oklahoma
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Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.

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i love the first two lines! i also love how it kind of rhymes even though you didn't try to. for example high and night. Somehow, you've made this poem flow really really well. Great job!