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Click hereI said to my heart, keep still.
Don’t cry, eyes;
brain, be silent;
soul, be restful;
my body, sleep.
There’s nothing you can do.
I have a friend who is dying right now. He has been nonresponsive for six days after brain cancer surgery. His brother texted me to give me an update about his deteriorating condition just as I opened this poem to read it. Enough said.
This truly embodies the grief and all it entails of everyone that has been in a situation when they beg for sleep to come to forget their misery