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How Am I Doing This?

July 15, 2014
By lily9799 PLATINUM, Franklin, Wisconsin
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How am I doing this?
Staying up so late.
It must be because of you.
I want to sleep,
but want to say what now I can’t to you-
Talk to me
talk to me-
talk to me first,
‘Cuz then I know you don’t hate me.
I’m not the desperate one,
oh please just text me,
god just be there for me
first.

© Rosie A., Lexington, MA

The author's comments:
Poem 13 of 28 of my 'Late Night Poems' Collection
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