Restless

It’s itching, switch-flipping
It’s ripping my stitching
The faucet keeps dripping
Sensations of slipping
I’m grasping.  I’m gripping
Routinely, I’m sipping
As if it were fixing
The flaws in my mixing
I’m turning, I’m twisting
I feel myself twitching
Positions, I’m switching
I see the clock ticking
It’s taunting, it’s picking
It’s poking and sticking 
It’s prodding, it’s fishing
Relentlessly dishing
I try dismissing 
Hoping and wishing
To halt this tricking
Pleading to shorten
This brain distortion 
This too shall pass
It’s only a portion
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Kiser Avatar
February 5, 2020 at 12:56 PM
We all have those days; it does pass but while you're going through it, you do wonder if it will or not.
Turner Avatar
February 4, 2020 at 6:34 PM
I sip coffee but after all of these years, it's just like water to me. I like the way you rhyme Anna.
Green Avatar
January 30, 2020 at 11:46 AM
Very clever, nicely written Anna.
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