By Crystevin
Date: 24 May 1999

Awakened to Sleep Again

Awakened 
by a sudden darkness
as clouds
descend over my heart.

Awakened 
by a saddened thought
as reality
slaps my face.

Awakened
by madness
spoken in vain
creating pain.

Awakened
by my own
intolerable sleep
of self inflicted blindness.

Awakened, oh yes,
awakened to find myself
still sleeping
through the madness
the sadness
the blindness
and pain
of this...
my darkened heart.

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