Awake

                   

Awake -- Listening carefully

                         Yet trying not to hear.

                           Toss and turn, fluff the pillow

                           Fix the covers, eyes closed

                           Trying not to hear.

                           Louder still.

                           Creaking doors, clicking vents

                           Footsteps on the floor

                           And still trying not to hear.

                           Sounds beside me -- breathing, snoring

                           Whispers in my ear.

                          "Are you OK?" -- "What can I do?"

                           Still trying trying not to hear

                           Are they my mind's eye

                           From the past -- afraid to hear.

                           Trying not to hear.

                                                                                 Dawn approaches, slumber appears

                                                                                 At last, not hearing, finally I sleep.

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