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I Lie With You Until You Are Asleep: A Sonnet

I Lie With You Until You Are Asleep: A Sonnet

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Milli Hill
Sep 18, 2012
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I Lie With You Until You Are Asleep: A Sonnet
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I lie with you until you are asleep,
Ten minutes, twenty, thirty, often more,
Clocks tick, frustration builds, yet still I keep,
And stay with you on your side of the door.
Out there, my old life tempts, a voice cries, "Fail!",
And tells me there are better things to do,
Release: the world shrinks down, we both exhale,
And drift together, touching souls, we tw…

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