insomnity

insomnia is my enemy as well as my friend.:)

Insomnity
wanting so
bad to sleep
choosing instead
to paint my toes
to blow my nose
take a pill
dust the sill
anything
to cure it
anything
to endure it
furiously writing
endlessly biting
my nails
my greatest
source of aggravation
becomes an inspiration
a blessing
in a curse
prompts me
to write
a verse.

Author's Note

*Yes I know insomnity is not a word.:)

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

if insomnia can at least lead to a poem...then i guess it is something we poets don't mind putting up with, no?

sometimes we just have to let the muse have her way...

nicely done
jacob

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, and this insomnia one sure is a frequent visitor to my bed, not so for other things, ehem.

[Sami Khalil]

Is it an irony or what ? An aggravation becomes an inspiration...I like this alot...:)..............

[Neville]

Insomnity has been adopted by me as a word which I intend to use whenever if feels right. I certainly know what it feels like...I have tried most over the counter remedies at one time or another. Does the action of painting your toes get you off 'to sleep I mean, or does the acetone eventually knock ya out'?

There you are, two questions in one sentence and only one question mark ...... N

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Wish I had some of that and had the time to contemplate my next verse,lol. Another flowing piece taking a common experience and describing it verse.

[The Violent Wolf]

one time i couldn't sleep, so all night until early morning i worked on building a card tower and i built it up like 7 levels hehe it was pretty impressive, but it took forever

[Christoph]

You know I can identify with this. I've never quite gotten around to dusting my windowsills, but man, next time that will be weighing on my mind.