Unsleeping

Dronee

Dronee

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Wind the clock back eight and twenty
Years of living wide awake in fretting
A man self made whose heart unspoken
Eight and twenty years of broken

It's eight and twenty way past midnight
My life a misty gray of twilight
By morning's bright, but still my blight
The curse of unsleeping away the night

Stolen away years of sleep
Eons of tears too dry to drip
It stole away my dreams and soul
My friends, my love and consume me whole

And it's not the mask I do but wear
It's the heart within for I do but care
I dare not dream for my silent scream
But reach a hand... and perchance...
Perchance my friend, I'll be there...

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Tiercel

Tiercel

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Sort of how I feel, except I'm another minute past midnight. And you've reminded me that I still only have the first three lines of one I was hoping to write about my SA.

Another good one, Dronee. Thanks for sharing!

"The curse of unsleeping away the night." You wouldn't happen to be a vampire, would you?

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Dronee

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Tiercel said:
Sort of how I feel, except I'm another minute past midnight. And you've reminded me that I still only have the first three lines of one I was hoping to write about my SA.

Another good one, Dronee. Thanks for sharing!

"The curse of unsleeping away the night." You wouldn't happen to be a vampire, would you?

:eek:
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Hey thanks all for the encouragement.

@ MandyMouse:
Thanks. I try to incorporate some flow into things I do.

@LyricAlliason:
Thank you very much. :)

@Tiercel:
It's actually for someone in particular... but yeah.. it's also generally about insomnia. Just write freely... it helps the mental block sometimes. Or at least that's what I do. I seldom spend more than fifteen minutes on a poem as taking too much time tends to make my thoughts go around in circles and perfectionism will start to set in. Btw, I love The Bard's Song too! I used to sing it all the time when I was younger! :) And no, I'm not a vampire since I'm pretty sure that if they existed, they have more life in them haha...
 
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Ree_Ree

Ree_Ree

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That really interesting. I read it three times. It makes me think about losing years of life in general. It's like being curse no matter you do. Instead of unsleeping - I think of unliving. Sounds silly huh? I know...
 
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Ree_Ree said:
That really interesting. I read it three times. It makes me think about losing years of life in general. It's like being curse no matter you do. Instead of unsleeping - I think of unliving. Sounds silly huh? I know...
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no... not at all... not in the least bit silly...
 
Kiwong

Kiwong

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Very good poem Dronee

Been there recently, 4:30am for me usually.

Occassionally at times of crisis I've found a friend inside of me.
 
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