Come Back To Me (poem)
Come back to me
Come back to me
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Each night I hear it calling
Past my sleep I hear its voice
Window of illusion
Mirroring some truth
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Come back to me
As I grapple one more drink
Trying to ease unknown
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Come back to me
As I turn toward my pillow
The moments which it heard before
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Whispers repeating
Silence it’s cheating
Light ever fleeting
Forgotten reheating
Beckons completing
Saneness unseating
Mind numbing meeting
Come back to me
Come back to me
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There must be some hope of escape
Each night I hear it calling
But where can I run from myself
Past my sleep I hear its voice
I want to find some conclusion
Window of illusion
But something keeps me confined
Mirroring some truth
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Come back to me
Echoes every heartbeat
Painting every breath
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Come back to me
Some memory
A restless sea
Once use to be
Still roaming free
My agony
My agony
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One more drink my sharpened friend
One more drink to quench this riddle
Come back to me this one more time
Shadow of what use to be
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Crying
Lying
Dying
Come back to me
Come back to me