Shutting Down

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The term 'Shut it down and turn it on again' is used for so many situations.
When the laptop won't load a web page,
Your phone when it becomes laggy,
When the internet stops working.

This term can be used to describe sleep too.
You turn your brain off and rest, and when you wake up your feeling much more refreshed.

But sometimes it won't shut down,
Trying to sleep when your brain is overheating like the laptop from 2008 is a difficult process.
You want to shut down but it won't allow you too.
Thinking and contemplating without consent.

I feel this a lot.
Not being able to shut down.
My body does, not able to move it because my limbs are tired but my brain keeps going.
I want to shut down,
I really do.
My brain forbids it.

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