CayCay Godwin Poet Rhyme

NIGHT THOUGHS

a day so fine - no ill in mind
a day spent free - nothing haunting me

now, I lay me down -  they come around
those bad night thoughts - those night bad thoughts –
spun off devils carousel to show me twisted hell

they come at night - they enter my head
when out the light and covered in bed -
lay down content    then it is spent
with such darkness my good is bent

i fight fears madness to keep my joy
that bedtime covets like a favorite toy

good is erased    my sleep chased
when in bed sorrow hits my face 
grows in my head    clutches my heart
heaves my chest      steals my breathe
and stabs to nab senseless tears

the devil seems fit to test my grit
more and more the older i get -
he speeds his carousel to grow fears well
it is a night battle i thus far handle
but remain unable to totally dismantle

come morn     come internal joy
come night     come devils decoy

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Kp Nunez November 13, 2015 at 7:49 PM Can't say it's the same with me but I get some of what you mean from people's hurting words. Can sleep anytime I want to unless there's something I need to figure out. I like the way you wrote this, with intervals of couplets that emphasize the polar opposites of night and day.

Edlynn Nau November 13, 2015 at 1:45 PM Ah yes those night terrors. I think people of wisdom will recognize this facing of the fears alone in the dark. The day allows us to keep them distant but then, there they are in the dark. I enjoyed how you set up the verse in four or two stanza's. The imagines are crisp and the premise strong. NICE ONE CAYCAY!

James Inman November 12, 2015 at 11:29 AM CayCay, I feel sorrow for your dilemma. Simple fix, stop thinking and go to sleep! (Just a silly joke, I know it can be difficult. I have the same problem myself, lying awake for hours sometimes.) Nice poem and happy dreams. CayCay Godwin November 12, 2015 at 3:00 PM Thank you, James. I hope it doesn't happen to you often, it does not always happen to me, but fear is a pesky beast that does seem to prefer night visits! My thing is to change the channel in my head - it even works sometimes! ... CayCay

Jan Allison November 12, 2015 at 3:25 AM I have sleepless nights and can relate to this big style CayCay :-( hugs jan xx CayCay Godwin November 12, 2015 at 7:05 AM I truly wish I didn't relate to it or you either! Take good care, Jan, and be well. Thank you for reading ... CayCay

Andrea Dietrich November 11, 2015 at 9:00 PM It is so strange that we are the same with this horrid anxiety problem, but you get yours at night and I get mine early morning! ARe you a morning person. I am a night owl and maybe that is why this demon only comes to me normally by morning. Hope to see more of you, caycay! I need to get going on dinner, or I'd visit more of your new poems. CayCay Godwin November 12, 2015 at 7:04 AM Hey, Andrea - I have never figured out if I am a morning or night person, I really don't know. Anxiety is horrid and must not win! Thanks for reading ... CayCay

Mark Woods November 11, 2015 at 7:24 PM I'd thought you would have grown up and through the night terror phase ; ). With such busy lives that we all have nowadays quite often the best time to really think is when we lay our heads on the pillow. Destroys a good nights sleep really. Nice piece. CayCay Godwin November 11, 2015 at 7:31 PM I don't mind 'thinking', it is 'freaking' that I do sometimes fight at night. Certainly not always by any means. Thank you, Mark, for showing up in this 'ghost town.' All the best! ... CayCay (Oh, I did outgrow the feeling that nothing could hurt me if I was completely covered!)