Sleep

The very first painting that was sold!
Sleep by paul koh (2003)


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Am I asleep
deep inside?
So still I can feel
my thoughts
lingering, outside.
Am I looking in,
my body captured,
like photographs,
like still frames.

Am I still asleep,
I need to know
will I wake, and
why should I wake
when sleep’s so bliss,
so quiet.

Have I been missing sleep,
these restless days
when my heart skips
that little beat
in between.