BEFORE I EVEN OPENED MY EYES I KNEW I WAS SAFE AND HERE I SHALL STAY WOKEN BY A WARM GENTLE BREEZE AND SENSELESS WORDS IN MY EARS THE LIGHT CREEPS OVER THE HILLS THROUGH GRASS AND TREES AND ONTO MY FACE AS YOU SLEEP I WATCH YOU BREATHE YOU MOVE YOUR MOUTH AND I WAIT... SLEEP WHILE YOU STILL CAN THERE IS TIME ENOUGH FOR ALL THE WORLD SLEEP WHILE YOU STILL CAN THERE IS TIME ENOUGH FOR ALL THE WORLD I TRACE THE LINE OF YOUR FACE WRAPPED IN WAVES OF RAVEN BLACK LOST IN YOUR OWN LITTLE WORLD WELL I'VE BEEN HURT BUT NOW I'M CALMED I SEE YOU BURSTING WITH LIFE SUCH A PRECIOUS LITTLE SHELL I HAVE NO WORTH TO OFFER YOU I KNOW THAT ONE DAY YOU'LL FLY... SO TEACH ME YOUR TONGUE, HELP ME TO BREATHE LIFT THE WEIGHT FROM MY BACK, HELP ME TO SEE IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I WAS MYSELF I'M HAPPY TO BE NO-ONE AND OUT OVER THE FIELDS I SEE WATER SWIRLING AND DRIFTING BY EACH WAVE TOUCHES ANOTHER'S PATH DON'T SPEAK, I KNOW YOU NOW RID ME OF WHAT HAUNTS ME RID ME OF LIFE I WANT TO SLEEP...
Reason for writing:
Not wanting the approaching day to begin
Birth sign: Not entered
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