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Sleeping In MAG
May 18, 2010
The sun is trying to reach me again –
shoving his wrists past my window blinds
curling his fingers against my shoulder blades.
He wears a smile that seems to stretch
not just from cheek to cheek
but from sea to sea
wide with desperation and hope.
He's a stunning sight at dawn
but my eyes are still burnt
after watching him drop from the skyline
every twilight
to see you.
And I can't live without the sun
but I'm vindictive enough
to pull the sheets over my head
and make him wait until noon.
© Richard F., League City, TX
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on Jan. 3 2011 at 6:00 am
Poems like these are why I read any poems at all on teenink . They're why I write . It's so different from the usual woe-is-me sort of stuff . it's refreshing and i love it . <3
ApproachingNirvana GOLD said...
on Jun. 11 2010 at 6:48 pm
I'm glad you liked it! :D
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 11 2010 at 5:32 pm
aw thats so cute! (:
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