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<blockquote data-quote="Angela22" data-source="post: 844896" data-attributes="member: 33754"><p><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #222222">My sweet sleep, and my undying rest</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">That which I seek, as I feel the fire burn in my chest</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Hands overworked, mind and back worked over</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Thoughts of feet running wild, the lashing surely makes me sober</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">My sweet, sleep; you're now undying, so do rest</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">you put in all you had, and you couldn't do more than your best</span></em></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">maybe soon I'll be beside you, after the sun is done beating down</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">we'll be hand in hand again, one with each other, hearts truly bound</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Or maybe I'll be alone for awhile, still waiting on that day</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">That time for you and I to be free, where at heart we do play</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Hardly time to think on that, while I trip in this tall grass</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Wondering if I'll reach the finish, if that border will be passed</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">My tears run free as I wish to be,</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">Streams of my face, oceans of my eyes, so deep</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">What more could I ask for, I do hasten this task for...</span></em></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><em><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">My undying rest, at peace in my sweet sleep</span></span></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angela22, post: 844896, member: 33754"] [I][SIZE=4][COLOR=#222222]My sweet sleep, and my undying rest[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]That which I seek, as I feel the fire burn in my chest[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]Hands overworked, mind and back worked over[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]Thoughts of feet running wild, the lashing surely makes me sober[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]My sweet, sleep; you're now undying, so do rest[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]you put in all you had, and you couldn't do more than your best[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]maybe soon I'll be beside you, after the sun is done beating down[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]we'll be hand in hand again, one with each other, hearts truly bound[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]Or maybe I'll be alone for awhile, still waiting on that day[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]That time for you and I to be free, where at heart we do play[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]Hardly time to think on that, while I trip in this tall grass[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]Wondering if I'll reach the finish, if that border will be passed[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]My tears run free as I wish to be,[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]Streams of my face, oceans of my eyes, so deep[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4]What more could I ask for, I do hasten this task for...[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#222222][I][SIZE=4][FONT=verdana]My undying rest, at peace in my sweet sleep[/FONT][/SIZE][/I][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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