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As I Lay Awake at Night

April 16, 2012
By BekkaGoodwin BRONZE, Haddonfield, New Jersey
BekkaGoodwin BRONZE, Haddonfield, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves from others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves." -Francois de La Rochefoucauld


I lay awake at night

When I’m supposed to be asleep and

As I lay awake

I think about what could have been

What is, and what will be

As I lay awake at night

All I see is you and

Those bright blue eyes, which

light up my day

When I have lost hope, when I feel

Like no day could get

Any darker

As I lay awake at night

I wonder about how you always seem to

Have your back to me

When I want you to look me in my eyes

Give me a kiss, you know

Express how you really feel

About me, and show the world

That you can like someone different

Someone like me

As I lay awake at night

My heart aches at the fact

That you and I will forever be

Just as we are now-

Friends and nothing more

The pain, oh the pain

As I lay asleep at night

I dream about you

And for once,

Everything is exactly the way

I want it to be

Then it all disappears and my eyes open

Oh, how I hate dreams

Because they give me a false sense of reality

They mess with my mind,

They remind me of what could have been

What is, and what will be

As if they thought I had forgotten

Over night

I wish, oh I wish

It were that easy

to forget that you and I

will never be

just you and me


The author's comments:
A lot of people say that they can relate to this and I really hope that that is true because I'm always aiming at that. I hope you all like this and ratings, comments, etc, they're all appreciated!

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on Sep. 15 2012 at 8:10 pm
Silverlyra19 SILVER, Canton, Michigan
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I absolutely love this. The beginning was great, a good use of repetition. Thank you for the awesome read!!!!

DanielM SILVER said...
on May. 25 2012 at 6:59 pm
DanielM SILVER, Kent, Washington
6 articles 1 photo 245 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I would rather hated million times for what i did then loved a million times for what i didn't do." - Daniel Moto
" I've sought out to be the best i could posibly be but when i hit a roadblock in life what did i do, i had two choices either stay at the roadblock or i take this roadblock and make of it and go around it and achieve my goal. So, what will it be?"- Daniel Mathia

"People take love like its a four letter word or just a phrase that you tell people or your friends all the time. But in reality love is much bigger than a merely phrase or 4 letter word. Instead love is a genuine promise or covenant to that special person."-Daniel Mathia

“Why change yourself when you were made perfect and wonderfully by the creator of everything?” – Daniel Mathia

“If live is not hurtin then were really not living in.” – B. Reith

I found your poem really intersting. Keep it up.

Suggestions: maybe add a hook at the end.

Keep it up and this was awesome


on May. 18 2012 at 5:33 pm
BekkaGoodwin BRONZE, Haddonfield, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves from others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves." -Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Thank you so much!

on May. 17 2012 at 7:59 pm
madlinejoy SILVER, Deale, Maryland
5 articles 0 photos 64 comments

Favorite Quote:
let go and let God
"Love is not an emotion but a choice"

really good exactly how the mined of some one despretly in love with there friend thinks (or so i'm told)