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My Longest Dream of the Shortest Sleep

I wondered if my emptiness was my fault I wished that my life would immediately halt My swollen heart was filled with pain Once realities made me a dreamer Emptiness would kill me quicker Than my purse filled with nothing My longest dream of the shortest sleep Like admiring shallow waters “so deep!” Like calling uncertainties the divine truth To distinguish confusion from depth Requires courage to stand beneath People who ranked themselves superior Oh God, hide me from their poisons Its sweet odor of everlasting haughtiness Desperately longed for by ambitious men

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