The Overtired Blues (Midnight Ramblings)

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catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

0 posted 2001-06-21 10:14 AM

So long have I been wakeful
with scattered dreams unknown
eyes burn, nerves fray to breaking
the seeds of sleep are sown.

Then, as briefest respite comes
it matters not at all
Lonely follows me to sleep
and back awake I fall.

Thus darkness wraps around me
I close my eyes once more
reach for dreams of better days
and then I pace the floor.

[This message has been edited by catalinamoon (edited 06-21-2001).]

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-06-21 10:18 AM

Go to bed, girl....we'll be here when you are refreshed....

illusion
Member

since 2001-06-19

Posts 296

2 posted 2001-06-21 11:06 AM

I love your phrasing - I've often experienced "Lonely follows me to sleep
and back awake I fall" but never described it so well. Great poem.

athena4
Senior Member

since 2000-12-10

Posts 622

3 posted 2001-06-22 09:10 PM

Sandra,
Never be too "over-tired" to leave your heart open to dream. Stop pacing, but never stop dreaming..
Love, Elise

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2001-06-22 09:14 PM

Oh how I can relate to this! You have written it well, Sandra. Hope you get some sleep soon!

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

5 posted 2001-06-23 11:05 AM

Then, as briefest respite comes
it matters not at all
Lonely follows me to sleep
and back awake I fall.
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oh this just aches off the page...
you have released so much emotion in such a few perfectly chosen poetic phrases,
I relate to this one all too well.
you "ramble" in poetic melancholy beauty Sandra.
take care
jm

I'm going crazy, I'm losing sleep.
I'm in too far, I'm in way too deep over you.
You'll always be the one.
You were the first, you'll be the last.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

6 posted 2001-06-23 11:57 AM

close your eyes and sleep
dreams will not intrude therein
sleep the dream of peace

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Loving in Truth

Logan
Senior Member

since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

7 posted 2001-06-23 03:12 PM

To watch the flicking flames, if even if in the mindset, to bring dreams of peace and let you sleep without the cares of the world...gentle smile

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

8 posted 2001-06-23 07:04 PM

I can hear the riff in the background Sandra. . .

great job. . .

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