Somnus
Elude me, sleep,
like a scorned lover
who leaves me breathless,
chest tight,
gripped with vines.
Leave me, sleep,
alone in the void,
not one sense available
as I hang,
immobile in purgatory.
Call me, sleep,
vibrant siren in an inky sea,
I fall to your whim,
oblivious,
into your arms.
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