am i in love?
does fate knock
at my proverbial door?

what is this?
each day, smiling
more than yesterday

do i dare?
leap into fate
and see what's ahead


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where is Sleep?
is She gone for good?
a lover that's fled,
a dime through floorboards

Sleep's escaped like water,
trickling through cracks
She's run like the wind
away from my bed

She's ever elusive,
a coy, flirtatious thing
just slipping from fingers
like a bug in the grass