Entered, June 28, 2026, In The Contest, "Broken Promises," Sponsor, Silent One
Sometimes, the night is very long- the mind caught up in endless throng; a bottomless depth holding fears the old, the new, tween whirling gears. A sleepless night- a living hell of swirling thoughts inside the spell of things done wrong or left undone- a bottomless depth of visions spun. Tossing, turning, begging for sleep yet, deeper, darker, down we sweep to solve a problem- answers find, then turn around and go back blind. Our thoughts so deeply spin around but never is the bottom found; a promise made to lighten loads as praying for some sleep explodes. So patient, at our sleep-time gate, this bottomless depth lies in wait to shove us into that vast place and rob us of deep slumber's grace.
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