Insomnia

A light hearted look at sleep deprivation

One minute I’m turning the pages, next I drop the book, as slumber catches up.

I love this feeling, sinking into to the depth of oblivion......

 But not for long, falling sinking, suspended in time,

 But then my body jumps out of its skin.  Where am I?   

Oh yes, I’m in the wide awake club now,

 This is my life, tomorrow I will be such be a miserable cow.

 Listening to the clock tic toc getting inside my head,

 Like waiting for a bomb to go off.

 A cars headlights catching the wardrobe as it passes,

 That face, staring back at me, with a pointy nose and piercing eyes.

 Close your eyes and count sheep one two, three, I’ll be here till eternity,

 Great, now I’ve got an itch, life s such a b***h.

 Feeling now like a dog with flea s, to top it all now I need to pee.

  Back in the safety of my bed, that’s a joke.

 But slumber comes again and I start to drift off,

 But now I m too hot, I let my foot dangle out of bed,

 Oh my God, but what if the boogie mans under my bed, he might run off with my leg.”

 Stop it! The inner voice says there nothing going on under your bed.

 Relaxation exercise seems to calm the mind, this is feeling fine.

 But no I’m still awake! A shroud of dense blackness surrounding me, suppressing me.

Terror as I feel a dead weight on my chest,

 I try to move, try to scream but nothing works

 Demon eyes staring back at me,

The sleep paralysis ghost is in my head, he stares at me from the end of my bed.

The Inner voice cries out “stop it,” this is not reality get a grip girl its called imagination, playing tricks and you’re falling for it.

 Dawns breaking now I can hear the birds....phew I’m never gonna get up for work.

 Calmness now is back in my head; just leave me alone now in my bed,

“Sleep sweet child of mine” I hear my Mum say, and then I’m gone.....

 But not for long the alarm shrieking in my ear,” come on get up dear”.

Great now I have to spend the rest of my day like a Zombie, feeling like I’ve got narcolepsy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

apologies for any grammar mistakes

Reviews

[R J Askew]

Arf, arf, great stuff, though N O laughing matter when you are stuck in the wide awake club and you want to be in the sparko bliss club.

I esp like the car headlights and the leg dangling from the bed dabs as they show just how wide awake, attentive, and observant you were.

And then that zombied out feeling to follow, eyes-closing ... zzzzzzzzzzzz ... head crashes to keyboard.

[Patrick]

feel awful for saying this but the font colour and highlighting put me off reading what is an interesting piece...:(

[Ink Angel]

Don't feel awful P.J thanks, thats great really dont like font and colours either was a mad moment, maybe I will change. Its great to be honest spreak our truth thats how we grow ;)

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

A comical take on insomnia. Very relateable thoughts I'm sure amny of us go through. My self included. Nicely done.

[Mary]

this poem is perfect as is! Please don't change a thing- how did you know the story of my life??? I love"great, now I've got an itch, life's such a b***h (paraphrasing) and the leg dangling! thanks

[$êlvån]

Gud work

[Marie]

This is clever. How perfectly you've captured the difficulty of sleep...and getting up in the morning after too little of it.

[Wendy Seames Garner]

This sounds awfully familiar to me - only got two hours sleep last night. I should be sleeping right now, but...

[David Angel M.]

Very funny indeed, I am an insomniac too. A creature of the night, so I can feel you on this subject.