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Sleepless

Sleep sleep is afar from the eyes For the mind is too busy with many thoughts of you Tossing and turning staring up into space Mad am I gone mad I've been trying to get over you Yet memories of good times glimmering my mind I can't help smiling You once used to make me laugh But but time has changed and life goes on Except here I am with another sleepless night Pondering Wondering Fooling my mind Exhausting my eyes Playing with my heart So seems like I got too much of it Reminiscing on what can't be undone But baby No I don't need you anymore These tears I cry are for the end Because the sound of mid morning arriving Signaling me to grow up and get some rest Heavy lids drop and darkness swallow me whole Smile Akkina R Downing 8-8-17

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Ink Empress

Date: 1/20/2024 3:03:00 AM

Dear Akkina, i hope you are doing well, just thought of you, saw a sweet comment from you on an earlier poem and missed your presence: i love this free verse and how it flows in such eloquence as always, i think many can resonate with those emotions too when we are sleepless pondering wondering fooling too our minds with various thoughts. Sometimes we dont realize and we contemplate on deepest emotions when the rest of the world is sleepin. I love the strength in last linee to accept and move on

Susan Woodrow

Date: 11/12/2020 10:33:00 AM

This was an awesome write - the way you set it up all the way to that ending. Yep, I can relate to those same feelings...I alternate between smiling, crying, anger at myself and then sympathy for the sod! which I have to turn around to sympathy for me and anger at him coz I cannot go thru the same crap again and again! :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/6/2020 6:05:00 PM

ahh, this kind of love keeps you sleepless when it's starting out AND when it's ended. Good one, Akkina. I know insomnia all too well!

James Horn

Date: 8/28/2017 8:25:00 AM

Must have been in Seattle, Right? This is like me when I have eaten a late dinner and ended up with nightmares.

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/28/2017 9:18:00 AM

Nope just New York :) hello Mr. Horn what a nice surprise visitand thank you... hugs :)

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 8/14/2017 2:20:00 PM

Powerful emotional write, Akkina. The last line is a crescendo bombshell ... heavy lids drop and darkness swallow me whole. Great line! Star bright poem. Love and joy, my friend.

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/14/2017 4:55:00 PM

Thank you so much my dear friend Freddie. Always happy to hear from you :) peace and love :)

Edward Mccall

Date: 8/12/2017 7:22:00 PM

WOW Kina I have been in this poem. What an emotionally filled piece you definitely capture The sleepless nights that arise from relationships end. I love the last stanza this is definitely going into my faves. Hugs to you Akkina xx {;-)

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/12/2017 8:01:00 PM

I guess we all can relate to it...?? While young and somewhat inexperienced, or rather unwise, we fell to understand what's the real meaning of love. But we do grow and wiser, thankfully ;) thank you my dear friend Ed. Always I appreciate your kind and sweet comments... big hugs :)

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/12/2017 3:25:00 PM

- I know the long dark nights, Akkina ... the minutes are an eternity - But not to sacrifice tears for a man who does not know what HE has LOST ! - Beautiful poem with emotions - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/12/2017 3:58:00 PM

It was a teenage girl drama. She's come a long way. Thank you so much Anne-Lise :)

James Swartz

Date: 8/12/2017 11:10:00 AM

Nice beautiful piece Akkina. I think this proves the soul is more important than the heart. A heart can be broken many times and we grow stronger. You show us your beautiful soul in all your words.

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/12/2017 11:20:00 AM

Thank you James very much :)

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 8/12/2017 2:53:00 AM

Wise decision dear, Akkina whoever lives in the past misses the future. I really loved this poem that depicts all of us at one or another moment in our life! Excellent!

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/12/2017 6:06:00 AM

Thank you so much Demetrios always appreciate your comment... hugs :)

Susan Ashley

Date: 8/11/2017 8:32:00 PM

Hi Akkina, I can relate and I love how you expressed yourself in this sad but beautifully penned poem :)

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/12/2017 6:05:00 AM

Thanks so much Susan :) xoxo

Paul Callus

Date: 8/10/2017 11:39:00 AM

The determination to move on must not be allowed to waver, even though memories can play funny tricks on us! Enjoyed this poem, Akkina...hugs // paul

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/10/2017 7:14:00 PM

Thank you so much Paul :)

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 8/10/2017 6:51:00 AM

Sad but well penned. Thanks for sharing it.

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/10/2017 8:10:00 AM

Thank you Ravi :)

Niall Fulham

Date: 8/9/2017 7:38:00 PM

Hi Akkina , beautiful emotional brilliantly penned , I feel the pain in this write :)))lots of hugs my friend

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/9/2017 8:49:00 PM

Thanks my friend. This was just from a teenage girl past from ages ago. Lol! Hugs :)

Winged Warrior

Date: 8/9/2017 5:17:00 PM

Nicely penned my friend...now take a nap lol...^WW^

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/9/2017 5:28:00 PM

Lol! I just did at the beach :)

Maria Williams

Date: 8/9/2017 9:15:00 AM

Akkina i can certainly relate to a sleepless night or two, but it was definitely not over any lost loves. Maybe I'm hard or maybe I just dont think I'll give up my sleep for anyone except the Sand Man lol. Now as far as your lovely poem goes you captured the restless night well. Enjoyed it...Maria

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/9/2017 10:50:00 AM

Lol! This was a teenage girl drama. She's beyond that now :) thank you so much for the lovely comment my dear friend Maria ...hugs, Kina :)

Mike Reed

Date: 8/9/2017 8:13:00 AM

Akkina- You Win, Baby! Nice poem. How about your email address for me! Thanks, smiles, Mike Reed

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/9/2017 8:44:00 AM

Mike, I don't just give out my email address to strangers. If you want to be my friend then be a respectful gentleman. Thank you for understanding and thank you for your sweet comment :)

Vijay Pandit

Date: 8/9/2017 7:08:00 AM

Emotions coming through in this poem--good days ahead!

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/9/2017 7:41:00 AM

Thanks Vijay:)

Pashang Salehi

Date: 8/9/2017 1:27:00 AM

When you are sleepless, it means you are awake in somebody else's dream...

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/9/2017 7:41:00 AM

I've heard that it's because someone else is thinking about you too. Thank you Pashang, grateful always for your time and comment :)

Old Man Emu

Date: 8/8/2017 10:08:00 PM

Expressed very well, I can relate to this, I have only survived on 4 to 5 hours sleep for most of my life. I love the smile at the end. Kind regards, Craig

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/8/2017 10:11:00 PM

Thanks so much for the lovely comment, Craig :)

Ronald A. Williams

Date: 8/8/2017 8:38:00 PM

Vary dramatic with empathy and heart telling.

Joseph May

Date: 8/8/2017 6:39:00 PM

No more tossing and turning...just a peaceful slumber.....Very nicely penned Akkina

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/8/2017 7:26:00 PM

Thank you Joseph :)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/8/2017 6:03:00 PM

Sleep deprivation can cause a kind of madness, an uncontrollable irritability. I can relate. No matter the cause of the sleeplessness, when undisturbed sleep finally arrives, it can feel like heaven! I enjoyed your lovely poem Akkina! : )

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/8/2017 6:33:00 PM

mahalo ia ?oe, Miss Connie :) your visit and lovely comments are always appreciated :)

Heidi Sands

Date: 8/8/2017 5:04:00 PM

This is full of expression the reader can feel. Well written Akkina :)

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/8/2017 5:13:00 PM

Thanks so much Miss Heidi :)

Tim Smith

Date: 8/8/2017 4:56:00 PM

A sad but beautiful piece Kina. It is hard to let things/people go.

Akkina Downing
Date: 8/8/2017 5:12:00 PM

Thank you Tim :)