{"sf1_id":1273078,"sf2_id":"dmWopGwm","title":"Spinning while sleeping...","author":"Jiblits","words":279,"posted_at":"2017-12-07T19:00:00.000Z","tags":["Dreams","Nightmares","Poetry","Short Story","life"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1273078-spinning-while-sleeping","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmWopGwm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/73/c6/73c65a82-2d08-4778-87f1-af6d4e4b7139","description":"","content":"Night thoughts - 36. - y knot\n\n(Spinning while sleeping)\n\nBefore I begin, let me share a single sin...\n\nAs I lay woken by thoughts not my own\n\nI see clarity at the questionable things I'm shown\n\nAmong a stance uneven, I find balance\n\nGiving into motions wanted from others, I take that welcoming chance\n\nBelittle the fool who whispers among the unclear\n\nI find strength in knowing I think, always aware of many-a-fear\n\nSlowly it builds walls, untouchable by those who can no longer admit to what they see\n\nA mirror in mayhem, being broken before one can try, it shows why it can be free\n\nStrings walk the puppets around, mimicking melodies spoken by memories of before...\n\nMonotony heavy to follow, to do so would leave me hollow, I crave what's no longer shown, I crave more...\n\nNew steps taken, the world begins to crumble around\n\nUncertain what could be mistaken, \"it\" breaks free uneasily, now showing new ground\n\nEchoes too late to comprehend...\n\nShadows run at the chance, to find each other, to make a friend...\n\nAll fractured, all fallen apart...\n\nMany hold unsteady at a shaken heart..\n\nSome...the lucky...prepare to once again...start...\n\nChaos a second of thought\u0026nbsp;\n\nI wake again, in shivers, on a cold bed, trying to remember what I just forgot...\n\nRest a must, a need, a want, necessity for a new day to quietly begin...\n\nI hold loosely, a part of my simple, singular, sin...\n\n- - - Thanks for reading - - -\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; - - - Always - - -\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n"}