Insomnia

Insomnia

A Poem by Barry Shelton

Verse 1:

Lets take a second while I get myself together

I've had endless sleepless nights

and these walls they talk, I know because can I hear them

I feel my sanity slipping

Breathing now slowing as I slip into bed

But my eyes cant seem to close, and the blood is rushing to my head

 

Chorus:

I am bouncing of the walls

Cant stop these thoughts running through my mind

The night has a death grip on me it seems

It wont let me go, I cant leave it behind

The thread is about to break

but im at the point where, what difference would it make?

 

Verse 2:

Hallucinations now taking over

The spiders crawl up the walls

I am losing it completely

This restlessness taking its toll

I write my thoughts on paper, let the ink bleed onto the page

thinking maybe it would help a little, release some of this strain

God help me, I think i've gone insane!

 

repeat chorus

 

Bridge:

Suffocating under my covers

hoping I can escape

there are ghosts living in my walls

They wont leave me be, wont let me sleep

I scream out to the sky

looking for relief

© 2013 Barry Shelton


Author's Note

Barry Shelton
Would really love some comments on my lyrics. I love hearing others opinions on what I write. It means a lot to me truly,

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Added on November 4, 2013
Last Updated on November 7, 2013
Tags: lack of sleep, insomnia, nightmare, thoughts, dark, night