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I may be on vacation
but I have so much work to do
over the next few days
that I can't think of sleep.
Will I find time to pass
beside a rolling stream
at the base of two great peaks
while I say goodbye
to a life I hardly know?
I will use every ounce
of strength to climb over
and steal away a kiss
of golden sun that is setting
before it can even rise
to meet the end of my trip.
And when the darkness falls
on that final day of return
I will find that ray of light
behind my tightly drawn eyes,
shining brighter than ever
with a torturous smile.

...still I will try to sleep.