I cannot sleep.

A poem inspired by insomnia.

I cannot sleep.

A heavy weight sits on my chest

And my heart is too full for sleep.

My heart is full but breaking -

Brimming and cracking and swelling and burning

With a thousand things I have yet to say

And a million things I should not feel.

I am governed by my heart these days.

My mind is lost to me.

Has been.

It was never really mine to start but I let the delusions live.

My mind is lost to me.

That realization is heartbreaking.

Tonight I cannot sleep.

My heart is too full for such things

And my mind far too unbound.

Reviews

[Alicia™]

I like this poem because it gives me a perfect visual of the insomnia state. There are only 2 problems that I have with this. The first, is in "my heart is full but breaking," because if something is full, it sort of makes sense for it to break. Unless you meant full with happiness. The other is that at the end of that line, it would be better if it had a semi-colon instead, but that's just my opinion.

Overall, great job!

[LeaMarie]

"It was never really mine to start but I let the delusions live."
That is a great line. Love this poem.

[NCPanthersgurl]

Beautiful work. Insomnia is a rough situation to have to deal with, but I'm glad you made it into something wonderful and expressive. This piece pours emotion.

[Ashley]

I know how you felt when you wrote this. amazing work.

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the word "unbound'. A very good poem. I like the emotion of sadness. I like the logic of the heart overtaking the mind. A excellent poem.
Coyote