i don’t know

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the tantalizing tease of a second round appearance —
the hopes are flying high again
let me go grab my landing shoes
for when I meet the ground, so familiar
how can we surrender to all the excitement?
how do we build ourselves up
over and over
and manage to ever feel so strong? confident…
I don’t know
it’s enough to make sleep feel like a restless battle
but just know it’s the being awake part
that’s really what’s being fought over…
dreams are still the…