Watching time crawl

For the insomniacs amongst us

The bleary eyed, the yawning
the folk that watch the moon
amuse themselves with this 'n' that
'til dawn comes far to soon,
to nudge them to another day
where waking hours are fraught
with nodding off and mini dreams
of sleep that's ever sought,
but never found such is the curse
bestowed upon so many
the only sleep they're sure to get
when the ferryman paid his penny.

Reviews

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

A well written tidbit of profound truth ... Enjoyed this read ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Gee]

Thank you Marvin

[Davidgeo]

Are you sure you don't want to have a deeper conversation about how we describe words? I'm pretty sure we'd have a blast.

[Gee]

I'm pretty sure that a deep conversation with moi would not be so:)))
Hope you are keeping well Dave

[Dave Brown]

It is too often my sleep comes during day instead of night
very frustrating but I'm hoping to stay away from that ferryman a while longer.
I am assuming this was written either late PM or early AM!!

[Gee]

Thanks Dave.
Happy New year

[Chris Shaw]

Yes, you have just written about me. The woman who can’t sleep more than two hours without waking up. It!s a curse, but having said that I am not eager to meet the ferryman:) Pleased there are other insomniacs around. Good to have company. Enjoy your new year celebrations, whatever you do Gee.

Chris

[Gee]

Thanks Christine. At least you'll be awake to see in the new year:))

[Chris Shaw]

Ha! No problem there :))

[John the Baptist]

A nod to the insomniacs of the world here. Liked very much the reference to Charon, the ferryman of the Styx. When you cross that river, you get a long, long sleep.

[Gee]

Thank you JTB
Happy New year to you and yours when it arrives :)

[Neville]

I told you yonks ago we ought to form a cult didn't I .. & here's me not slept a wink ever since, indeed
I thought you had forsaken me .. regards to them girls, the roundabouts & the rest of MK .. Neville

[Gee]

Never forsake you dear:))
As for the cult have been called that many times, or something spelled similarly:))
Hope the new year is good to you all, take care my friend.

[Neville]

............ & back at you G .. N 👍

[Stella Armour]

Dont pay the ferryman ...not just yet.

I sleep less as i get older and poems always creep in just as i am drifting off , they know how to be heard the damn things lol.
finally i have it sorted.. 2 hours then a cup of tea... 2 more hours exercises .... then wait for the light .... then fall asleep.

[Gee]

Aye, tis strange what aging does to sleep patterns:)
Here's wishing you and yours a happy, healthy new year Stella.
Take care.

[Stella Armour]

Happy New Year to you and yours :)

[Robert Trakofler]

I am blessed with not having this problem, and now with the 9 different meds I'm on I sleep even more LOL. I say this at 7 am after sleeping 7 hours and am now looking forward to my nap before work LOL

[Gee]

Thank you Robert, enjoy the nap:))

[Amanda Reynolds]

Thank you for this, it reminds me simultaneously of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" and also, when I asked my mother when I can finally rest, as my thoughts are very busy, "when your dead" she replied with love and frankness. Your conclusion with the Ferryman sums everything up, thank you for this beautiful insight and putting it into writing.

*(also, I forgot to explain that I interpreted this as more of a comment on a life's journey rather than a nights sleep;)

[Gee]

Belated thanks for dropping in, tis appreciated.
Happy New year to you

[Ken e Bujold]

Poets in general I think. I have slept when tired, regardless of sun/moon or neither for as long as I can remember. May have come out of the womb on a whole other bio-rhythm to the rest of mankind.

merry Christmas G

ken

[Gee]

Merry Christmas Ken, hope you and your loved ones have the best of times:)
Thank you