Time to Go to Bed by Lauren Hemphill (quick morning warm-up)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to go to bed.<\/p>\n
I hear the words in my head,<\/p>\n
Echoing, spiraling, devouring my dread\u2014<\/p>\n
Or devoured by it? Who can tell,<\/p>\n
The lines are blurred, the ringing bell<\/p>\n
Of the match\u2019s end sings loudly as I sell<\/p>\n
The last of myself for peace of mind,<\/p>\n
For silence, to breathe, to finally be kind<\/p>\n
To the person in the mirror, the one with hands that bind<\/p>\n
My fingers, my mouth, the heart\u2014decide.<\/p>\n
Caught up in whispers, caught up in lies,<\/p>\n
Wondering how this all buys<\/p>\n
Salvation for the vicious eyes that size<\/p>\n
Up the competition, take bites out of your soul.<\/p>\n
The words whisper in my head, the death toll<\/p>\n
Rising, ever counting, of how many times in the lull<\/p>\n
Of noise I wish myself dead.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to go to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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