(15/07/56 / Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.)

poet Dónall Dempsey
What do you think this poem is about?

TRYING TO FIND SLEEP

Trying to find sleep
in what was once our bed

I find only
the memory of you

and crying

sleep on the floor.

Submitted: Friday, February 29, 2008
Edited: Monday, May 12, 2008

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  • Scarlett Treat (2/29/2008 3:14:00 PM)

    Been there, done that...have the floor splinters to prove it...

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  • Dee Dee Wright (2/29/2008 12:50:00 PM)

    Sweet and sad.

    sob sob

    love Dee Dee

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