“2 Days Without Sleep” by Esmond Ng © copyright 09/08/05

For Selina,

“2 Days Without Sleep” by Esmond Ng © copyright 09/08/05
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It be not 2 days without winks that is tiring,
Neither it be yawning nor aches that wear me; toll-ings.
But is with each second of wide-eyed awakenings,
That my missings for Thee that is killing.

I turn and toss without my mind stop pondering,
How it wrongs to be this way that should move in.
That not to sleep not owing to not physically draining,
But to heartaches and longings that my body is not sleeping.