10pm – filled with hope and a little bit
Of dread
Closing blinds, blocking out obnoxious
Street racers
Whose emissions startle with
Loud bangs
*
11pm – body relaxed; eyes shut tight
As a vice
Blanket on, blanket off, stick out
One foot
Pull it back in before boogey man
Grabs it
*
12am – worrying now, knowing
I’m awake
Antsy, anxious limbs kick a bruise
In the brain
Count sheep, think, of anything
Besides falling asleep
*
1am – Up again, to the bathroom, what else
Is there to do?
Bright hall light scalds, cover
Your eyes
Before they burn out and turn
To ash
*
2am – don’t think, don’t think
Just sleep
Blanket on, blanket off, stick out
Both feet
Screw the boogey man, he can
Bite me
*
3am – contemplating the use of extreme
Force
Really, how much damage could
It cause
To bang one’s head against
The wall?
*
4am – birds separated by glass tweet
And chirp
Early risers, striving for that
Damn worm
Lucky I don’t own
A gun
*
5am – drowsy, body sinking,
Mud trap
Is this it, can it finally be time,
To fall
Asleep, oblivion, for only
A moment
*
6am
*
7am – Alarm shrieks, shattering air.
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This has to be, by far, one of my favorite poems of yours. And I hate that because I relate so much to this.
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Wow thank you for that amazing compliment Ives!
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Each one of those waking hours was an opportunity to write. Use them. 🙂
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Ugh, I wish! But when I have to get up early to work, I need all the rest I can get.
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Ah yes… I remember work. ☺❤
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Out of the box
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Thank you!
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Sounds like me a few years ago! Insomnia is awful!
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It most definitely is not fun!
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So many can relate to this! You’ve written it so beautifully! ♥️
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Thank you so much!
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You’re most welcome!!♥️♥️
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This is something I have been struggling with lately and ohhh my you are spot on. Really well done!
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It is NOT fun to struggle with. And a lot of people don’t understand how detrimental it can be on simply functioning or getting through the day
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Yeah 😦 best wishes to you
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