{random rambling thing}
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I can't sleep.
The thoughts in my head
Overpower the softness
Of my bed.
Hark! The bells toll one.
Got to get rid of them.
Thoughts, they keep me up
Brain's awake, body calling for sleep.
Shadows gather round
My lamp. I must turn it off!
But no, I cannot sleep.
Best to leave it on while I can.
Sanity does not abide here -
Knock all you want,
I won't hear.
My thoughts are in control.
They have no substance
Unless I give them life.
This door is closed to you -
Leave me alone with them.
My substance is only
Giving them substance.
These thoughts,
Overcrowding my brain.
Knock all you want,
No-one's home
But sleepless ghosts.
We who live for night
To escape into another's mind,
Give energy to their thoughts.
Too many thoughts in here -
Why not take on some more
Fictional, but real for us.
You say they're just stories
I say keep knocking
On someone else's door.
Mine is barred
And sanity does not abide here.
We, the ghosts of reality,
Turn to those well-worn pages
In search of friendship,
Love. And pain.
More pain than we carry
For taking on someone else's burden,
Though fictional,
Releases ours.
Hark! Half-past.
But these thoughts
For them, this is but teatime.
We will bar the door for now.
Don't even bother knocking.
These pages are not for
The stable-minded.
We tread the path of the dead,
The unreal,
And for us, they
Come alive, become reality.
Only they can spew
Thoughts such as these.
Sleep is a mundane thing
We crave the adventure
Within these pages.
They pull us under,
Break us, take our minds.
The thoughts are in control.
Through the madness of reality
These alone will guide
The ones who have made it here.
But the door is barred for now.
Turn back, turn back
While you can.
You are young and free
Do not waste it on this door.
Live your life
In the harsh reality of life, and we
Will remain here amongst
The dead, the unreal.
It's real for us.
Alive, for us.
They call us and they live for us.
They give everything
In exchange for your soul.
Give all, take all.
Everyone wins.
Everyone loses.
Nobody leaves.
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