Watch the world pass by as if for the first time (poem)

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Recently I had one of those sleepless nights, where I stood on my balcony and watched the world, imagining what everyone who was awake with me was up to. I wrote a poem after the experience, and I thought I would share with you.

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a sleepless night taking over, sit down here on the balcony,

the lightning in the distance, the dogs around yapping,

talking to my inner child, be like why you no sleep honey bunny,

no answers at the moment, just a wondrous shaping,

in the distance, a building filled with Thais emerges,

living here for a month, but noticing it as if for the first time,

letting go of the past by puking and purges,

they live a life exactly as every culture alive,

sleepless nights spend in a dark room with a bright TV,

having sex under the covers quietly or loudly,

walking back and forth trying to summon sleepy me,

i notice them doing the same with thai intonations proudly,

the dogs below getting louder, fighting more aggressively,

i drop down a piece of fried chicken, for a moment peace ensues,

ten minutes later, dogs back to fights, sleep still eludes me,

watch the clouds play their ethereal games with each other,

the friendly palm tree opposite me dancing in the weather windy,

heart is missing my father, mother, sister, and brother,

at that moment, the universe sends me some love,

my sister messages me telling me about her writing,

reading her message in bed, the world is again a magical cove,

i fall asleep clutching the phone in my hand, her messages lit up,

no need to reply back to her right now, the reason she showed up,

to give me love and show me love, her duty was done,

sleep comes easier now, i curl up with a favourite cozy sweater,

sprayed with a few drops of my mother’s perfume,

not alone now, not alone ever, the world is my oyster,

dream world welcomes me back with open arms,

i was meant to live solitary, a life so rambunctious,

watching the world as if its passing by for the first time,

every single freaking time,

the balcony moments abound,

sleep beckons,

hush now,

sleep.

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