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To SLeep |
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whiskey
since 1999-12-28
Posts 1278Australia 
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" To sleep " Clock it ticks a deathly sound Night with darkeness all around I sit inside my vacant mind Passing thoughts of other time Sleep it does avade me now Never do I feel allowed To close my eyes in silence fair Instead my eyes in frozen stare Tiredness creeps upon my lone My life inside my holy stone To close my mind is what I wish To get to sleep with not a glitch Awake in a fresh new morn Without the feeling of withdrawn No help no pill no things to cure The lack of sleep the nights allure So if in dark you are awake Think of me and light it take Dream of wonderful things to share And awake in morn no care |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Whisky, A glass of hot milk always worked for me. Enjoyed your poem and I'm glad to be back. *L* |
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pyro Junior Member
since 2000-06-18
Posts 12 |
hi there...yes i am new you have not seen me around...anyway what a lovely surprise i thought we would see some really dumb (for a lack of a better word)poems here but i really like this one sounds like me, no rest for the wicked. well done and thank you for the effort it took to write this so i may be able to read it pyro |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
I mean where is the time to sleep when there is so much poetry to read. I have noticed a lot of poems on insomnia and I think "Passions" is to blame. Oh you think poetry is innocence but it is highly addictive. I am close to ODing. Whiskey, a wonderful poem. you perfectly captured that sense of restlessness. < !signature--> ------------------------ "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. "Art is a lie which makes us realise the truth." Pablo Picasso "We Irish are too poetical to be poets, we are a nation of brilliant failures" Oscar Wilde ----- [This message has been edited by brian madden (edited 06-18-2000).] |
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A Romantic Heart Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-03
Posts 5496Forever In Your Heart |
I seem to be a night person myself, My mind cannot turn off from thoughts of thinking, planning, creating...I just can't sleep, I need something to soothe me to sleep I guess! Enjoyed your poem!  |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Lovely poem ----isn't that just the way. I can't sleep when I need it the most- ~netswan |
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SpitFire Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396 |
~Whiskey,...aahh,...you have perfectly described my nights,...seems to be a lot of people's around here. This here line is so right on..."Instead my eyes in frozen stare"...that is me. "To close my mind is what I wish"....for all that crap running around in there is what's keeping me up. I have no hold on it. Great expression here...it fit me to a "T". Thanks for sharing. *Peace. |
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Whiskey~ Seems a lot of us can't sleep around here! This is great, sadly I too have a hard time turning my mind off. -SEALive,Love,Laugh :) ~SueB |
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JulieAnn Senior Member
since 2000-06-12
Posts 754Earth 3rd Rock from the sun!! |
It seems there are alot of sleppless people around here.....I guess I am in the right place!! Nice poem Whisky...you couldn't have said it better!!! Take care,.....And please ~sweet dreams~  Julie :) |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
I have absolutely had the most sleepless week of my life this last week. So I can relate totally..I worry, I toss, I turn, I refuse to watch the clock, I make mental lists, I toss, I sigh, Geesh! great poem girl! ~Heather |
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