Laurentine G Poet Free verse

Sleepless Night SK

In dreams ~ I am stolen
                  my mind whisked from me
  leaving me only with speech
           and grasping hands into darkness
    desperation besets me ~
         without memory one can only search    
  in absence of thought merely /feel forward/
                       no power to comprehend 
              as screams emit until throat is sore

     til I'm woken

   once again able to choose to sit quietly
                  let fear settle inside 
        swallowed up.

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Sara Kendrick May 18, 2026 at 8:24 AM I wanted to personally thank you for the participating in my contest and say congratulations to you on your name being on the winners' list. Way to go. Sara K Laurentine G May 18, 2026 at 8:26 AM Thank you so much Sara! I really liked the prompt and was pleased to see you placed it. I did mean to write something pretty but poems go their own way once the first line is down :) thank you for hosting and your kind words :)

Ink Empress May 15, 2026 at 1:57 AM How are you always so good with your opening lines! This inspires me to try to open my poems with something soul hitting like you always do! Gosh! In dreams im stolen! Yes that line! It needs to be printed out! Framed or whatever but thats just a very resonating line anyone would resonate with! Sleepless night, youv depicted so well here in such eloquence! I wrote for this contest too but not for this. Youve nailed it and its another instant new fave! Sending you light always Laurentine G May 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM You, my friend, are too cute! Haha thank you :)