Good Nights Sleep For Us

One day there will be no shame,
for what is done is done, ever more.
the time spent thinking of the past can't be undone,
What is done is done.  

No thoughts or whispers,
can replace how we feel.
Sleep is the answer, 
to wake up to another place and time.

But we want to stay alive, no sleep
if we sleep
we forget one another.

To have you fade like a dream in the early morning
That would be a release and a horror.

Thinking of you
Sleeping in your bed
Healing the cancer that is me
Causes me to sleep

Only to wake up to another
Cold and bitter morning,
Reminding me how alone we are,
Why must we be alone.

Why must we sleep.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012



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Date: 3/24/2016 8:41:00 PM
Adam Ballard, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. LOVE LINDA...
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Adam Ballard
Date: 4/5/2016 11:51:00 AM
Thank you very much
Date: 7/28/2015 10:17:00 PM
Adam, I enjoyed reading your poem today. Take Care. **SKAT**
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Date: 1/6/2012 7:58:00 PM
renew our minds and bodies....alone is a time of self awareness and growth I think...but that is just off the top of my head....
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Adam Ballard
Date: 1/11/2012 2:04:00 PM
Alone is also a time to think of ways to help others grow, absence makes the heart grow in mind. Sleep can also bring hope of a new day as well.
Date: 1/6/2012 12:29:00 PM
Touching,beautiful and sad . . .Adam.Very well written.- oxox love Anne-Lise
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Adam Ballard
Date: 1/6/2012 1:45:00 PM
Thank you very much!
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