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all I want to do is sleep

but I keep dreaming

of being awake

and I don’t see a point

in trying to drift away

bobbing in a sea

of unconscious pleasantness

if I’ll always be tightly tethered

and unwillingly bound

to the shore

instead

I crave something

more permanent

being awake feels

like a recurring nightmare

that I keep trying to distance myself from

so it doesn’t sink its claws in too deep

the next time it grabs ahold of me

and I can continue to shrug life

off my indifferent shoulders