Insomnia

Keep in mind, i wrote this at 5 am in the morning at a greyhound station in L.A. I hadn't sleept in well, since 9 am the morning before. So yeah i was tired, but couldn't sleep cause i was not gonna fall asleep in no damned bus station!

Insomnia:

The nights are long
Sometimes they are too long.
You sit as the second hand seems to fly by
A propeller of a bi-plane.
You feel your eye lids droop
Getting heavy.
Weights dropping off.
Forcing them down, wanting you to sleep.
Do you listen?
Or do you fight?
I choose to remain awake.
Stay up as long as i can.
Hallucinations and head aches.
They pass.
Keep my eyes open.
For nightmares dwell in slumber.
Nightmares we all run from.

Matthew Van Hove
5-25-04

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Stephanie]

I wouldn't want to fall asleep in a bus station either! I really liked this. It explains perfectly the feeling of heavy eyelids and not wanting to give in to them. I do it a lot when I'm watching a particularly interesting movie. It really is too bad nightmares always catch up wit us anyways.... Awesome poem :)

[Kitty]

Brilliant. I can relate very well to this. Nightmares are indeed what we run from, so rather stay awake to prevent us from running into what we fear!

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Josie

[QuietPoet]

I know how this is exactly! Thanks for sharing. It was a good write.

[Yuko]

Good job. I've had those kinds of nights when I just couldn't fall asleep. You captured the scene very well. Lovely.