I struggle to keep my eyes open
Sleep pulls at my eyelids
My muscles fight my command
And I have trouble concentrating
On the simplest of things
And my mind wanders
It goes from person to person
Thinking of them in
All possible ways.
It goes from thing to thing
Wondering what anyone
Was thinking when they
Invented them.
I hum random tunes to myself
Oft times, not even
Completing the tune
Cutting it off in the middle
And attatching it to another.
The mind seems to find
The simplest thing
Fascinating.
Watching a flame
I sit mesmerized
Captured by the color
Watching how it dances
To some unheard,
Unfelt beat
Finding the soft glow
And the light heat
It gives of
Comforting,
Letting my mind wander
Recalling times past
And creating times
Yet to come.

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