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I skipped the pills- they made me numb
like a ghost in daylight, dull and dumb
a someone told me once that I'm not enough
so tonight I let go of the bitter stuff
The clock struck twelve and silence rung deep
yet I could not find my sleep,
So I wandered the streets- along with the trees
they took me to places I'd never been
The streets were free of human faces
and the sky above was deep and hazy,
The flickering lamps left the only traces
of how someone was here before too-
before I was here in time overdue
The grand sky seemed to call on my name
and the moon hid behind her knights in grey
it's silver light, serene and quiet
seemed to put my pills to shame
I passed the trees and watched them sway
and heard the lonely dogs from blocks away
so I turned around and took a detour
I knew- the moon would guide me again for sure
The pills that day sat alone on my desk
I told them to take a much needed rest
for that night, I was led astray by something worse
The moon- a blessing in disguise of a curse
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