Restless, Evermore

This is a piece I wrote about insomnia, inspired by and written in the style of Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Raven", which is one of my favorite literary works.

On a night when sleep evades me,

As I lay where darkness shades me,

And my scattered mind betrays me

Of the rest that I am due…

Wide awake, my mind betrays me

Of the rest that I am due…

This I need, to feel anew.

Turning to the clock, past yonder,

As I start to drift and wander,

Travelling in circles, pondering

The musings of the day…

Now I curiously ponder on

The musings of the day…

As the night erodes away.

In my head there comes a creeping,

And the words begin to peeping,

While a yearning started steeping,

Steeping deep within my soul…

Trying to resist the yearning

Steeping deep within my soul,

But it slowly takes control.

In my heart I feel an aching,

And my body starts to quaking,

With my hands, nervously shaking

Shaking to express my pain…

Nervously, my cursed hands are

Shaking to express my pain…

Midnight’s captive, once again.

Held at ransom by emotion,

Hypnotized by writer's notion,

Like a witches wicked potion,

That will, through the night, endure.

Hypnotized by writer's notion

That will, through the night, endure…

I am restless, evermore. 

-spokenhues. 

Author's Note

I wrote this for fun mainly, but I would still appreciate some constructive criticism. Thanks in advance!