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'Wake up, Wake up!'

but I cannot.

 

The light shines too brightly.

I can barely sleep through the pain,

never mind when I am waking.

 

Just let me dream while I can,

for we know it won't last long;

soon the monster will overcome

and I will be gone.

 

Gone like the breeze on a summer day,

that's how I will be.

 

I want to stay with you, yet

I need to be free.

 

You hurt me once,

beat me twice,

said love three times.

 

I stay for more,

I like your ways;

the rules of this

elaborate game are few.

 

You get your way

and

I get none.

 

I will let you keep playing.

 

One day I'll flee, one day

for good

and you will

be left losing

a losing game.