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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2090474
A poem about the time between bedtime and sleep
Prompt 2 - Include the following into your poem: Sandman, Unforgiving, Time, Wasteland, Deceit, Shelter - Poetry
Won Fourth Place in the Week 3 Game of Thrones "*Shield4*Week 3 Writing Challenge #2 Winners"  

Word Count 46

Lying quietly in my blanket of darkness
during that unforgiving time between
bedtime and sleep.

My mind a wasteland of thoughts
and ideas, none fruitful except to keep
the sandman away.

This treachery and deceit
is where I turn whenever
I seek the shelter of sleep.

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