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Lay Your Head Down by ~weaver-of-yarns:iconweaver-of-yarns:

Categories Literature > Poetry > General Poetry > Spoken Word


Lay your head down,
Try for sleep
As the bus rolls on...

But we all know
That sleep won't come
Not until we know we're done.
More tears are shed
For band each year
Yet blood can't fall
Like a silent tear.
Tears trickle down
Like a silent rain
But offer no comfort
To soothe our pain.
Our minds peer back
To that first week
To find a crack,
An armor chink.
We all breathe deeply,
A quiet sigh.
Our pain won't end
So why don't we cry?
Moonlight reflects
Off a silent tear
As we head back home
To end band season so dear.

So lay your head down...
Try for sleep...
That sleep can come
Because as of now
We're truly... done.
©2008-2009 ~weaver-of-yarns
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Author's Comments

Wrote in a fifteen-minute block in first block.

All band kids that have travelled know the feeling of trying to sleep on a bus. Most of us know the feeling of being unable to do so, either from excitement or disappointment. I hope this poem addresses these issues.

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~anbaru Apr 27, 2008, 4:53:14 PM
"Moonlight reflects Off a silent tear"
i love this part =]
great work ^^
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~Lunaria42 Dec 1, 2008, 7:11:42 PM
I really liked this poem, and as a former band nerd, I can relate to it. Of course, on our busses falling sleep meant you would get pranked.
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~XxXTAI-SantiXxX Mar 1, 2009, 12:44:36 PM
THIS...is why I'm not in band.
Beautiful piece though, I love it.
And I miss being in Crea. Writing with you. It was so fun to read your stuff.
"feed mr. britt."<--LOL

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~weaver-of-yarns Mar 1, 2009, 5:09:12 PM
I might read this for the slam. Not sure though.

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"I'm through accepting limits because someone says they're so. Some things I cannot change, but until I try I'll never know. Too long I've been afraid of losing love I guess I've lost. Well, if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost!" --Wicked
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~XxXTAI-SantiXxX Mar 1, 2009, 6:34:29 PM
Yeah I was thinking of reading this one [link] of mine too if its okay if i do two.

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I AM more than just my scars. {Self Injury Awarness} There is rescue, help is possible, I found it.:heart:☆

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~weaver-of-yarns Mar 2, 2009, 1:38:23 PM
Yeah, that's fine. Even better, why not just join the Mosaic? We meet third Fridays in room 449 and after school on Tuesdays, same room. No club dues or anything, we stay until 3:30ish on Tuesdays.

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"I'm through accepting limits because someone says they're so. Some things I cannot change, but until I try I'll never know. Too long I've been afraid of losing love I guess I've lost. Well, if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost!" --Wicked
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~XxXTAI-SantiXxX Mar 3, 2009, 1:39:45 PM
yeah me after school....come on alex you know how lazy i am. im basically asleep right now..lol

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I AM more than just my scars. {Self Injury Awarness} There is rescue, help is possible, I found it.:heart:☆

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~weaver-of-yarns Mar 3, 2009, 2:24:32 PM
Well, hey, it's fun. You'd have a good time.

--
"I'm through accepting limits because someone says they're so. Some things I cannot change, but until I try I'll never know. Too long I've been afraid of losing love I guess I've lost. Well, if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost!" --Wicked
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~XxXTAI-SantiXxX Mar 3, 2009, 2:47:03 PM
oh im sure that it would be but im too lazy

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I AM more than just my scars. {Self Injury Awarness} There is rescue, help is possible, I found it.:heart:☆

╔══╗♫
║██║
║(0)║ Music=Life
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