insomnia

By precarious pixie

Insomnia
like a drug
or a possessive girlfriend
insomnia is a little pill you take to intoxicate
it blurs your thoughts
and slows your motion
it keeps you up late at night
with its psychotic devotion
she calls you at 1:00 in the morning
after partying hard
just when your eyes are about to close
that annoying little voice that seems to
crack itself into your skull
"What am I going to do tomorrow?!"
"Am I fat?"
"You need to talk about your feelings more"
"I want a hot pocket"
now I’ll give Insomnia credit
she's not two faced
Insomnia only has one side
the possessive side
a demanding and insisting side
I stay up late watching TV
the remote is by my side
but its been on the same channel for hours
I can't hear a thing
over the mindless babble
things become a blur
like closing eyelids
but insomnia is that little silver light
that keeps you awake
she's quite the addictive little lady
but I need to think of a way
to let her down easy

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Copyright 2005 precarious pixie
Published on Friday, September 2, 2005.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: i really enjoyed this one. very interesting and captivating. you had some great lines in here and good imagery. kepp writing works like this. ....-samone

  • A former member wrote: *keep

  • TheBardOfBlasphemy On Saturday, September 3, 2005, TheBardOfBlasphemy (358)By person wrote:

    this was a decent description of what insomnia is... what i would have liked was to read some of the thoughts you dismiss as "mindless babble"... a string of unconnected thought-trains can be an interesting journey for writer and reader alike

  • FlashDark On Saturday, September 3, 2005, FlashDark (18)By person wrote:

    very intresting write...i love it though...off to read more...JBC

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