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Sleep


Sleep

We wish to keep

But it leaps

Out of our hands

To a land

Out of our reach

So we teach

People to keep

Hold of their sleep

But they never deem

To keep their dreams

So we wish to keep

Sleep

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vshultz
<p>It seems that I have a hard time finding sleep at night and giving it up in the morning.</p>

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