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Sleep Eludes Me

Sleep eludes me 
I am in manic mode
Writing Typing Dashing Flying
I will not stop until I hit a wall
And then I will not stop
I will go through it.
Laughing loudly
Clearly not full tilt yet
But knowing it is coming

Meds are here somewhere
I do not think they will kick in anyway
They take awhile 
I am running dashing, twirling, spinning.
Not some of me. All of me.
Eating wrong.
Getting angry fast.
Covering my sad.
Sleep eludes me.

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Arturo Michael

Date: 7/21/2019 12:25:00 PM

I can't imagine such horror...well expressed...

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/19/2019 4:43:00 PM

Wow can I identify with this poem Caren! My mind races every time it's quiet and I can't sleep so I try to go to sleep with the TV on. I can fall asleep the fastest with the news on because they keep repeating everything. This expressive poem so wonderfully explains the insomniac. Excellent Caren! : ) xxoo

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/20/2019 12:15:00 AM

Thank you so much Connie. The sleepless nights are a killer after three or four in a row.

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 7/19/2019 4:32:00 PM

Those nights of insomnia can be a haven of tranquility - unless you have to get up early to go to work!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/20/2019 12:16:00 AM

Righto. That is when the "real fun begins". I have been known to go to bed at 4:30 and get back up at 6 to go to work. I do not advice this.