Sleep

You need to rest, dove.

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Come.

Come now, close those tired eyes.

Let those lingering tears fall into the silk.

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I will brush the tear stains off your cheeks.

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Don't hide.

Not from the desire to slip into myth,

To turn into something beautiful far from here.

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Let the pain float out of you on a sigh.

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There it is,

Lean into the void stretching its arms

Around you, your thoughts, your dreams, your sleep.

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I will capture that essence, smoke it myself.

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Breathe out

And don't think about the next hungry suck of air.

The heaviness in your lungs, it's intoxicating, isn't it?

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Watching you disappear is a maddening prospect.

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Easy, dove.

Tuck your wings away and let the world pass.

Keep your eyes on the moon and let it fill them forever.

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They are for the mourners.

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Let go

Of your hold on the clouds blowing wind in your veins

And let the heaviness of this bed slide weights into your bones.

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Let it crush you the way it'll crush me.

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Sink into the sheets,

Or if you're willing, into the space between my arms

Where I have only dared to dream of holding you once before...

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You float away on the current of sleep.

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Goodnight, darling.

Sleep well under the stars and storms and snow.

Fade now, darling, into the warm arms wrapped around you.

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And take me with you when you leave.