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Watched It

Watched it, well not IT, not the balloon with a clown attached to it. Watched a true story better left alone I’m all alone I must dispense the dust cover of fear My pillow is mauled in toss and turn My hand must not rest over the cliff I wake up into full sunshine as if all the light that has ever been hits me on the chin and cheeks Funny how the dark tucks you in and the dawn pretends you’ve never been and never will be frightened again

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Date: 11/12/2024 3:42:00 PM
What deep introspection, dear Kim- and wow, what use of metaphor- you better never stop writing, :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/12/2024 4:52:00 PM
I appreciate you at every turn! Bless you!
Date: 11/12/2024 1:50:00 PM
Enjoyable, encouraging story. I find sleep to be a step into the unknown. Your poem is a testament to sleeping eyes fears.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/12/2024 4:52:00 PM
Always a joy to wake up and see a brand new day!
Date: 11/12/2024 7:42:00 AM
Nor asleep again, in the oblivious sense...forever our brighter dawns. Lovely, deep poetry. Brilliant!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/12/2024 10:05:00 AM
Thank you, Joe! Blessings!
Date: 11/12/2024 12:47:00 AM
the mood we are is important, but sometimes we don't choose, enjoyed your touching poem yann
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/12/2024 6:47:00 AM
Thank you so much! Hugs
Date: 11/11/2024 10:09:00 PM
I may not have interpreted this correctly, but maybe you watched a scary movie? I do all the time and it doesn't affect my sleep. However, I get this thing like a horrible dread if I wake up close to morning time and I absolutely can't get back to sleep without a sleeping pill. I wonder if it's that same dread you wrote of here
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/12/2024 6:48:00 AM
I watched one of those true stories that haunted my sleep! Yikes! Sensitive
Date: 11/11/2024 8:10:00 PM
a wonderful sampling of how night triggers this sense of anxiety...well done, Kim!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/12/2024 6:49:00 AM
Sure does! Thank you, Nette!
Date: 11/11/2024 6:26:00 PM
I think Gershon nailed it Kim almost identical to my thoughts on your Poetry great minds think alike, lol Just kidding. God bless you...
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/11/2024 7:08:00 PM
Thank you, Mike! :)
Date: 11/11/2024 6:18:00 PM
I really like your treatment of the cold sweat of night-fear giving way to the amnesia of dawn and daylight. So resonant, Kim. Thanks, Gershon
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/11/2024 7:07:00 PM
Thank you so much! Hugs

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