Deprivation

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My eyelids yearn to lay shut

Yet they shoot open

As if burnt by dormant embers

My pupils dilate

Trying to find light

In the darkness I surround myself in

My head droops and sways

Hoping to find comfort in sleep

My body craves for the one thing

That it chooses to starve itself of

Like a dog tying its own chain

Too short to reach its bowl 

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