Sake

The bags under my eyes have tripled in size over the past four days,

l o n g,

sagging,

sad crescent shapes dripping from a face

so determined to stay the night awake

to make

and make

to create

all for love and academia’s sake, I make

I stay awake

I make awake seem perpetual, put sleep at stake

with motions in disguise of awake

awake is not awake

awake

fake.

And to break, to sleep, to wake, to stop motion flow stop motion

f – l – o – w

for flowing’s sake, I break

I take

time

breathe, for breathing’s sake

and thank

that I’m alive.

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