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"What Sleeps Within"

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Lisa Pellegrino
Feb 05, 2025
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“What Sleeps Within”

.

Carrying around

more than I needed to

Till I heard the sound

of a call

I heeded to.

So easy to get drowned

by what others do

but you know your aim is true

.

Are you searching outside

for what sleeps within?

Are you waiting for some ending

to break free, and begin?

You need to know just how alive

what’s waiting for you on the other side

.

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