Poem: Can't Sleep

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Can’t Sleep

September 21, 2006

A single tear drops

down my cheek 

and down

falls to the abyss

I wish the world would just stop for a second

one second

so I can just take a breath

and catch up

because its all moving too fast

and I am just standing still

just standing still

I pour a glass of wine

not to relax and reflect

but to pause and forget

so I sip more wine

and I drink it down

and down

to the abyss

thinking maybe if I sip enough

one more sip

I can make it all slow down

make it stop

and I can catch up

I slow down

but I don’t stop

and the world keeps moving

despite me

to spite me

I stretch my arms

and reach

grasp at nothing

nothing to grasp for 

as I am just alone

and a single tear falls

and its landing disappears

Chrissi Lee Perroux