The Quill: Put Me to Sleep (a poem)

"In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away." -Shing Xiong *** "Do not go where the path may lead; instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson *** "Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget." -G. Randolf *** "We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us." -E.M. Forster *** "Imagnination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, imagination encircles the world." -Albert Einstein *** Defintion of Suburbia: A place where they cut down trees and name streets after them. -(Unknown, found on sticker) :p *** "A lie goes halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." -Winston Churchill***"Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly." -Louis Ginsberg ***"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." -Martin Buber

Monday, March 21, 2011

Put Me to Sleep (a poem)

Put Me to Sleep

Written March 20th, 2011

Put me to sleep

Let me fall down to the sheets

Face down in the pillow

Please don't wake me

Leave me here

In this blissful coma

I don't want to wake up

Put me to sleep

Let me hibernate

For a week, a month

Maybe more

My body is tortured

My heart aches, my mind is sore

Leave me here

In this mindless abandon

I need to heal

I need to rejuvenate

Put me to sleep

This world is wearing me thin

Ragged to the bone

Leaving me in tatters

I need to rest

Before I lose faith in mankind

In love

I want life to go away

For a week, leave me alone

I'm so tired of people

Of being human

So let me sleep

Put me to sleep

Turn me loose

Into the world of dreams

Where everything is possible

Without consequence

Let me run free

Fill my body with new life

Before I return to this world

Full of hurt, lies, and deceit

I need to escape

Please, I just need to sleep

Put me to sleep

The Quill

Monday, March 21, 2011

Put Me to Sleep (a poem)

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