Sleepless...

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All night long I am looking for sleep, my sleep.

Turning and pounding the pillow,

pushing to hollow it out,

making it bowl-shaped

to cradle my head,

as if my mother

had built a dwelling within.

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She speaks tender words,

she hums a lullaby.

Yet fooled no longer by this twilight dream,

I turn and face Mecca,

a new trick, a fresh idea.

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I will pave the road with blossoms,

adore any new spirit

who can seal my eyelids with weighty slumber,

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and yet another quaint pretension drifts my way.

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I used to know the champion of serenity intimately.

Gossamer winged, this sprite

took my nightly request for sleep

and lined up waiting dreams.

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I pledge fidelity unending

if one god of slumber teaches me again

the steps I knew till now,

seemingly still hidden under my pillow.

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Before I turn my head again

in ever petulant quest,

let me sleep.

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Sleep,

before the dawn arrives with dazzling assurance

that I will have the furvor to arise.

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