12 | Sleep

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I have bags of barbells as eyelids
and sweat that roll down my back like beads.
Conversations blur into indistinct chatters.
Right now, nothing truly matters.

My mind refuses to grasp reality.
Darkness seems to slowly engulf me,
or has it swallowed me already?
Come, sleep, let's fade into the dark abyss.

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