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Insomnia
By Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Thin are the night-skirts left behind,

By daybreak hours that onward creep,

And thin, alas! the shred of sleep

Soul moaned as he watched his partner lay asleep under the covers in their tiny two-bedroom apartment. All night long the sounds that pestered him, the symptoms that controlled him, and the meister that rested near him had caused him misery. For the little demon would call his name at any given chance.

In battle it sang to him, " If you don't do anything your partner's life will cease." Soul's heart, That wavers with the spirit's wind, gave into its daunting jeering.

This brought about those dreaded symptoms that took control of him. But in half-dreams that shift and roll his mind plays tricks on him. 'All is alright, for the sake of your meister you must give in to the power.'

And still remember and forget, she looks fiercely at the battle. But all the while his concern is the darkness consuming her soul. He calls to Maka to regain her composure, for

My soul this hour has drawn your soul

A little nearer yet.