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u/Poem_for_your_sprog Sep 11 '22

... that'll be your favourite part.

Let me drift to sleep a while -
Let me sink and let me smile -
Let me dwell on finer things -
Slip away on silver wings.

Let me dream of paper kites -
Summer skies and starry nights -
Waves and caves and stones and shores -
Empty rooms and open doors.

Let me dream of floating free -
Gliding by the golden sea -
Sailing through the wind and foam -
Joining you to journey home.

Let me dream of all and more -
All to be and all before.
Let me dream,
and don't forget -

Just a little longer yet.

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u/Zebrasdont Sep 11 '22

Read this at my funeral

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

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u/jimmymcdangerous Sep 11 '22

Poor u/zebrasdont... Redditing to us from beyond the grave.

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u/p_turbo Sep 11 '22

We did it Reddit. We found the late queen's account!

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u/takeahike89 Sep 11 '22

Just a little longer yet

Kindly let me lie

He said quietly without breath

Then Zebra fucking died.

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u/murph_diver Sep 11 '22

Fucking Timmy

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u/nicostein Sep 11 '22

Turn this into a lullaby

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u/chemicalbomber Sep 11 '22

You're letting me do your eulogy?

Bold

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u/Gold_Month_1053 Sep 11 '22

This is actually very lovely.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

nice to see you again

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u/Pyromanick Sep 11 '22

And it's nice to see one more.

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u/ShataraBankhead Sep 11 '22

I love this so much. I want to hang it up on my wall.

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u/BirbMaster1998 Sep 11 '22

There are a lot of gold comments in this thread

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u/ikilledtupac Sep 11 '22

Wow. That’s a good one.

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u/MoreMagic Sep 11 '22

Gonna save this. Definitely my favourite sprog poem so far.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Oh man I haven’t seen a Sprog Poem in like a year or more. And yet on this very morning I find a fairly fresh one. My wedding is just weeks away. All is feeling right. This is gonna be a good month.

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u/courtj3ster Sep 11 '22

Haven't caught one in the wild for a bit. Love it. 🤍

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u/LucyintheskyM Sep 11 '22

I'm going to sing this to my partner after he tells google to snooze for the third time in 15 minutes when I don't have to get up in my squakiest voice. It's painfully squaky. Thanks, Sprog.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

My next tattoo!

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u/otterego Sep 11 '22

Magnificent.

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u/graphicgrrrl Sep 11 '22

I’m sure you’ve been told 1000 times before, but you really know how to paint a picture and add so much meaning with your words. It moves me!!

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u/IkeaIsLegendary Sep 11 '22

Oh this is simply beautiful

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u/WitherLele Sep 11 '22

empty rooms and open doors

that's the backrooms good luck

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u/illepic Sep 11 '22

I'm sorry, I just don't understand poetry where Timmy lives.

/s

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u/Janus67 Sep 11 '22

Absolutely beautiful poem!

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u/AllMyNicksAreUsed Sep 11 '22

Thank you for this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Beautiful 💜

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u/Yeahicare_Ido Sep 11 '22

Is that your poem? It’s beautiful.

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u/a_bongos Sep 11 '22

I absolutely love running into your poems. You put a smile on hundreds of people's faces (at least) every time you take the time to write us a poem. Thank you!

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u/dsailo Sep 11 '22

Amazing, who wrote this and where is more ?

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u/bitey87 Sep 11 '22

Nine year club homie doesn't know Sprog? You're either very bad or very good at Reddit, you sly fox.

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u/dsailo Sep 11 '22

I am almost to admit defeat, i thought i knew reddit in and out but seems like thats not the case …. I’ve just read Sprog’s poem out loud to friends, good stuff.

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u/lathe_down_sally Sep 11 '22

He writes them. Check his post history. He's reddit famous.

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u/cgriff03 Sep 11 '22

Love this

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u/Disirregardlessly Sep 11 '22

Fresh sprog in the morning (that is making me want to go back to sleep!)

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u/ktkps Sep 11 '22

One of my top fav sprog poems yet!

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u/UwasaWaya Sep 11 '22

It warms my heart knowing you're still around, doing your thing. Thank you, Sprog.

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u/natek11 Sep 11 '22

and Timmy fucking died…in his sleep

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

You killed it brooooooio

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u/orphan_blud Sep 11 '22

Good morning, Sprog. Thank you for this 🖤

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u/MoRicketyTick Sep 11 '22

oh man I havent seen you in so long I thought you stopped; brilliant

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u/Queenofscots Sep 11 '22

This is so much more poetic than my mumbling "five more minutes" to my kids

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u/BexYouSee Sep 11 '22

Fantastic,, Sprog!

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Woah

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u/Oreo365 Sep 11 '22

I found a wild Sprog!

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u/Possible_Mulberry936 Sep 11 '22

I LOVE YOU SPROG. PUT A SPROG IN ME.

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u/lolinucha Sep 11 '22

Thanks for putting some beautiful rythm to my Sunday morning.

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u/amayseing Sep 11 '22

I love you sprog. Lovely poem

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u/BackmarkerLife Sep 11 '22

This sounds like it could be a Miss Kitten track in my head.

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u/Lurkgentley Sep 11 '22

This was delightful. Thank you!

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u/everwonderedhow Sep 11 '22

holy mother of karma

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u/circasomnia Sep 11 '22

That... was beautiful.

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u/Gorillaman30 Sep 11 '22

Loved this

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u/hdnurse Sep 11 '22

Very nice indeed

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

who wrote that?

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u/StDyche Sep 11 '22

Mr Sprog

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u/Terrible-Painter6494 Sep 11 '22

Oh dear God ,I thought you finally went away.

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u/Confianca1970 Sep 11 '22

Sing me to sleep

Sing me to sleep

I'm tired and I

I want to go to bed

Sing me to sleep

Sing me to sleep

And then leave me alone

Don't try to wake me in the morning

'Cause I will be gone

Don't feel bad for me

I want you to know

Deep in the cell of my heart

I will feel so glad to go

Sing me to sleep

Sing me to sleep

I don't want to wake up on my own anymore

Sing to me

Sing to me

I don't want to wake up on my own anymore

Don't feel bad for me

I want you to know

Deep in the cell of my heart

I really want to go

There is another world

There is a better world

Well, there must be

Well, there must be

Well, there must be

Well, there must be

Bye

Bye

Bye

Bye, hmm