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let him sleep

By SubwayBoi

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they sit in the forest together, waiting she watches them come and heal him feed him, clean him, make him new again she will be watching them walk into the woods miles after they can see her not she is the north and so he recovers from the long night's journey resting peacefully in a womb of linens breathing in time to the flow of energy counting the stars on his head she waits the journey was arduous for them both, this is true, but she has recovered much sooner than he and looking upon him his lips soft as petals she decides to let him sleepI don't know what this is. I'm sketchy now as I write this. It's dedicated to a special guy named Greg. Written April 20th, 2002 © on Apr 19 2002 11:46 PM PST   0 • 8

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