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Night

Life's too short to be so long, Us too weak to be so strong. The earth, too right to be so wrong; This, my qualm, will break the dawn Beneath the furnace lies a chill Where bodies weaken, minds grow ill Another place where all is still Yet just a bottle filled with pills. One for happy, one for sad One for anxious, one for mad An herb to light to make me eat; A pill to take for wake and sleep. The bottle empties rather quick, And soon enough i feel how sick That I've become, and all along This bottle comes to be the qualm. But i won't die before i wake. My lord, i pray, my soul can take Anything that comes along; I'll be fine, no nothings wrong. Not until the dusk turns dawn. Not until my rights turn wrong. Until revealed the weak from strong, I never knew it'd take this long. This, my qualm, i sing along Inside my head from dusk till' dawn.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 2/24/2016 4:07:00 AM
- Welcome with your first poems here on PoetrySoup, Shawn - PoetrySoup is simply the world's best :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 2/17/2016 12:28:00 PM
Great read. Well done.
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Date: 2/17/2016 11:34:00 AM
Shawn, WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy Poetry Soup:) Your New Poet Friend @-> LINDA <-@
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