Excerpt for Goodbye...Goodnight by Evan Skora, available in its entirety at Smashwords

You would not believe your eyes

If I took off my disguise,

Showed you the real beneath the mask

Understanding me is all I ask.


It's hard to say I'd rather stay awake

When I'm asleep,

Because I can avoid the mistakes

The problems that make me ache

How much more can I take?


I am floating away

Up to the darkening gray

Waiting everyday with such dismay

Oh, how I pray


That the days will get brighter

In this bleak future,

My chest gets tighter

Pulling at the heart strings

Making the angels sing,


Goodnight...Goodbye,

Floating up high to the sky,

When I wiped the tears from my eyes

The warm water took me by surprise,

I woke up next to the ocean side

And no matter how hard I tried,

I couldn't keep inside what I had denied,


Goodnight...Sleep tight

Do what you know is right

Hold close into the night

And let your secrets be known

To the friends unknown.


I can finally see,

That you were right there beside me,

Guiding me through it all

Listening to my plea

Hearing me.


Goodnight...Goodbye,

Floating up high to the sky,

When I wiped the tears from my eyes

The warm water took me by surprise,

I woke up next to the ocean side

And no matter how hard I tried,

I couldn't keep inside what I had denied.


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