Insomnia

I couldn't sleep last night. There were some words that really wanted out and were yelling for freedom. I thought I'd share them with you.

I have to write.

I haven't felt creativity like this

For several fortnight

I call this bliss.

 

The end is not in sight,

Yet I worry about the mind,

I think it drains with every word I write;

My ecstacy is timed.

 

So, I'll keep it close

To take another dose

When the time is right

And stress is at its height.

 

This is my newfound power

And all of you will cower

'Till I bite off more then I can chew

And when my tongue turns blue

 

You'll know my creativity valve is shut

But all you'll have to do is load on the weight

And I'll dig me out of my rut.

My weary mind is bait

 

For my ideas to satiate

Themselves upon

And succumb to my fate

To again be woebegone.

 

And I can't sleep

With my creative mind

So, close I'll keep

This mind I bind

 

And I'll covet it

So you won't get a bit

Of my creative spell.

And I guess you can tell

 

That my sleep isn't cheap

And I wouldn't trade it for

Any golden heap

But for the creativity I bore.

 

But I still can't sleep

And my lids won't creep

To keep out the light.

I foresee a fight all night

 

'Till my poem gets s****y

And you all take pity

Because I can't sleep

And my words won't keep;

 

They have an expiry date

And unless they all mate

They'll come to an end,

And end I can't mend.

 

But now I can sleep.

I've become so tired.

And not even the words

Can keep me wired.

 

So, have a good morning

Good morning to you all.

I'll take a quick rest

And in the sunlight I'll fall.

Author's Note

I think the last stanza might need some work but, like you might notice, I was sleepy by that time. Oh well.
Tell me what you think.

Reviews

[Taylor H.]

the last stnaza does need work but this was really good and interesting to read. Great job!

[Michael X]

Awsome- the rolling rhyme scheme plays well with the readers senses and the meaning reflects artistic ambiguity, at the same time fun to wonder the proccess, keep up the great work!

[Adora.xo]

Holy S@#$T! I love the rhyme, and train of thought. It definitely captures one of those creativity filled, insomniac nights, when abstract thoughts keep you up. I want to see you recite this, in an almost slam-poetry style, I think it'd be AWESOME! Great job love!


~Adora