Nathan D. Poet Blitz

Insomniac Attack

A Hindenburg-Esque explosion
Say goodbye to rationality 
While all the daily trespassers Scream!
"OH THE INSANITY!!!!"
I sleep with sinners
Weep with the saints 
I'm twice the fossil
Three times the oil
Slick as an unlit candlestick 
Hid the wick
Burn twice as bright
Burn twice as fast
If it's not to much to ask
Please don't touch
I plan to last
You spend your lives
Looking for a light
The brighter
The better
While you 
Were playing with fire 
The wolves 
Made the cellular decision 
To develop night vision
Some worms 
Who make their home 
In the ground 
Have it in their genome
To have eyes
Big surprise
They said no
We'll live off of pure sound
Ah the simple solutions 
You prefer a crutch
To evolution
Let me explain more
In the abyss 
Above the ocean floor
The fish use light 
To lure in the prey 
Others use it to confuse
The predator
So they can get away
Why do fish 
That live in the absence of light
Even have eyes
Plato was wrong
All things are swallowed 
In madness
Death is just the path
Given to the stubborn 
Given my level 
Of insanity 
I'll live forever 
I'm too crafty
Developed invisibility 
Nothing will catch me
Nor know when I come
Or where I go
Unless I need an alibi
Seriously though 
Why do those fish
Have eyes

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Andrea Dietrich February 18, 2016 at 7:00 PM OH, I 've been Blitzed. Now this is TRUE blitz poetry. Way to GO!!!!

Elaine George February 17, 2016 at 12:59 PM I have suffered from it for many years. This is so real to me. I had recently posted my version then deleted it. I didn't think anyone would understand. This is very real to me Nate. Elaine

Timothy Hicks February 16, 2016 at 10:34 PM Well this was definitely different! I'm not 100% sure what I just read, but somehow I liked it. Your thoughts were all over the place in crazy directions, with little threads that connected them. "seriously though why do those fish have those eyes" << humorous ending. I've written blitz poems before, but they followed a bit more of a structure with the repeating words. Thanks for sharing. This was refreshing and different.

Carrie Richards February 16, 2016 at 2:39 PM Wow,,........!! I came here to thank you for my placement in your haiku contest, but I'm carried away by this poem instead!! This is the crazy way my brain moves during the night, jumping from one thing to the next in an insomnia attack, (which is frequent). So many times I think I'm going bonkers! Like it is said before me...this is a head-trip!! Oh...yes......I did want to thank you for the high placement! Haiku isn't always my form, so I am more than pleased !!:)

Anthony Beesley February 14, 2016 at 3:35 PM Hell yeah to the high water headtrip

James Inman February 11, 2016 at 8:30 AM Interesting read, Nathan. It amazes me what thoughts go through my mind when I can't sleep. Like the form, it keeps the flow moving rapidly.

Poet Destroyer A February 10, 2016 at 9:23 AM Wow, Insomnia suits you well. :) The best part of your state ;-) What was I thinking all the times I allowed myself to be angry because, you had a very bad unhealthy obsession with staying awake for days. LOL. Now I feel as if I deprived you from other good writes. Jk. (ih) Anyways, this is a great free verse. . Paranoia AIN'T got nothing on you. The little gromes trip me out. Hugs .... to you all the way from Houston, TX. Linda Poet Destroyer A February 10, 2016 at 9:24 AM They know something (fishing for answers) .... Imagine being surrounded by Uniforms! LoL. Why are they trying to attack me hehehe

Kelli White February 10, 2016 at 7:26 AM Very good question Nathan. I would gather evolution. At one point the species needed eyes and through circumstances to survive it had to go deeper into the ocean where sight was no longer needed. Well done