The Empty Darkness

I don’t sleep any more
I doze just thinking about the score
There is the nightmare at first
Where I see the worst
Of things I see in the past
That seem to last and last
The darkness is so empty 
When there should be rest a plenty.

© Paul Warren Poetry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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December 26, 2019 at 8:31 AM
insomnia is a killer..
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