Sleepless Nights

I can't sleep at night
I seem to be kept awake
With thoughts of you running through my head
Questions race across my mind
What if?
What would have happened if I had done something different?
Was it something I did?
Was it something I said?
One year of this sleepless abyss
I crave sleep
I long for it
Yet it does not come
Just to get your face out of my head
For your laugh still rings in my ears

Counting to a hundred more than twice
Singing myself to sleep
None of it works

I feel lost
And confused inside
Like there is something missing
Something I can't get back
Something I will never get back

Is this feeling the feeling of true love?
Love so strong it keeps me awake for countless hours at night?

Sleep won't come
All because of you
My loyalty must be greater than I thought
Because I am still hung up on you
Even after a year has passed
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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