#wont you wipe my slate?

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river kelp
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I love to sleep.
I love how it clears up my slate.

Snap... and all the bad time's all passed.
Snap... and all the tears are all passed.
Snap... and all those feelings are gone.

I love to be asleep

And i love to wake up

I love to choose what to do with my day

Oh how i have so so much time
Oh what a new beginning
Oh i get to start over once again

I love to be awake

But if there's one thing i hate
Its the in-between.

The part where you close your eyes
and count to 100 and 200 and 300
as you pray
'Please, just please
let me fall asleep'

Where you shut your eyes and clutch your blanket
For you don't know what you'll find if you open them in the dark.

Where you try and think of songs or a good movie to keep your deepest darkest thoughts at bay
but they surface anyway

And then you try not to cry
but you do
so you try to be quiet
but you cant - so you close your eyes and count to 100 and 200 and 300 until you lose count and suddenly a terrible terrible scene floods your head and all you can ever do
is pray to god-
so you shut your eyes even tighter and chant

'Please oh please god just let me be asleep
please just let me snap through the night
and please let this torture end.'

Sometimes it does
sometimes it doesn't.

So you're up at 3am with your notebook spitting out ink and insomnia that you manifested yourself for all you have ever been is a self destructive fool

221... 222... 223...
I love to be asleep
I love to be awake
I love to sleep
I love to wake up

All i want is to not be alone for the in-between

Be it when i go to bed
Be it when i get up

227... 228... 229...
'Please god, let this end already
let me close my eyes and snap it all away
please god, wipe my slate clean once again.'

~Jinx

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harsh roost
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oh my goon you finally posted your work im so happy jinx

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thanks DAD

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highkey its a way better read knowing your voice

river kelp
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oh hell yeah

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@silk inlet

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(J) The Slate

river kelp
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(Jinx) The Slate

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@nimble narwhal

nimble narwhal
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Thank you for your insomnia poem (:

river kelp
river kelp
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uncs and dementia ugh

river kelp
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The Slate

river kelp
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wont you wipe my slate?

silk inlet
# river kelp I love to sleep. I love how it clears up my slate. Snap... and all the bad time...

sorry for late reply to begin with!

I like the title. the 2nd meaning of slate adds to the meaning imo.

I love to be asleep

And i love to wake up" I think a bit more imagery would go a long way here it would be a very organic place but thats just a personal taste.
Or you can add more to why u like being awake.

I like the blanket bit I also like the ending but as I said I think if there was more iamgery in the middle the repatation would be more impactful.

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river kelp