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Open Poetry #26

Sleepless in my Mind

jjote
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since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2003-05-27 03:06 AM

Sleep eluded me last night,
Isn’t this a an old  refrain?
Sleep is a gift unappreciated
until one loses it.

Some do yoga to relax,
stay focused and interconnected.
be  mindful and aware of self
is all there is to it.

And so I  tried to lay me down
as if I were a placid lake,
keeping  my mind on  everything
in my waters, and above..

But myriad thoughts played endlessly;
a record broken and set loose,
that made me wish I should have been
a mindless inert rag.

I filled my mind  with willful strength
to stand atop a mental cliff
let sink into a dark abyss
and maybe get to sleep.

Still I was sleepless in my mind,
more conscious of the ebb and flow
of  images disturbing calm
and mindlessness of thought.

I woke up with my eyes still shut,
my mind aware that day was near,
reminding me that being wakeful
is no gift.  Sleep is.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
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1 posted 2003-05-27 03:10 AM

you got that right! I had one of those nights last night too...tonight I'm hittin' the wine early

snowpants
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since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
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2 posted 2003-05-27 03:15 AM

"I woke up with my eyes still shut,
my mind aware that day was near,
reminding me that being wakeful
is no gift. Sleep is."

Oh yes, I agree 100%!! Especially with the "woke up with my eyes still shut" part...great description of your attempts...enjoyed the read

sp

just a hang-up call and the quiet breathing of our persian we call cajun on a wednesday...

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