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When dreams won’t let you sleep

By Sean A.Published 3 years ago 1 min read
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Close my eyes

Hide from the world

Drift away

Then the words

Up from the depths

Shove them aside

Close the door

They come knocking

Give in and write

Scattershot phrases

Few rhymes, little reason

Take them from the wilds

Cage them in pages

Pencils down

Close my eyes

Lock away the world

Drift away

Then the words

Earworms burrow out

From some deep core

Seeds of truth and lies

Both make great stories

Trap them in a moleskin bag

Tie with a silken string

Toss it in the nightstand

Close my eyes

Put away these worlds

Drift away

Then the words

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About the Creator

Sean A.

A happy guy that tends to write a little cynically. Just my way of dealing with the world outside my joyous little bubble.

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