Short Insomniacs Poems

How easily we nod off at dawn
                      
                       ~ though we can't a wink sleep all night...

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Can nothing extend 
beyond something…

Can never be
possibly where…

Can dreamers awaken
the insomniacs sleep…

Can no place
ever be there…

(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)...

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Time warped, perception bleak. Clay bodies falling apart.

The shift of stance in reality motions the notion, that inherits a vast chasm of possible retribution.

Cracked mood shifts met with insomniacs last choice, lies wake with the dread of falling asleep....

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When you play fifty or sixty 
scrabble games day
you get incessant beeps 
on your cell phone


day and night, 
weekends, and week days.
It is a comfort 
knowing other insomniacs are up,
not able to sleep either. 
I love this!

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep....

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Suspended in the unconscious,
Our dreams float apart.

Now our feet rarely touch,
Fingers separated,
Bodies turned away.

Sheets sheltering vulnerability,
Pillows turn to slate.

Insomniacs nightmare
As slowly,
We drift,
Further,
Away.

-Stephen Kofi Opare Obeng...

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At first the words
The thoughts
The voices
A welcome change.
Like a neglected child
showing a new trick,
'Look, Look at me...
Look what I can do!'
Till you feel sick.
It is a nice visit of myself
Now the stay is over welcome
Please leave
I need to be numb
It is my own payback 
for turning into a zombie....

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Two lonely souls wondering across space and time
Shadows, passing seamlessly
On the brink of meeting but never met.

What is more strange then someone you have yet to know
but with whom you share life
Thoughts, ideas…nightmares.

Two sleepless people 
Broadcasting emotion through words
Unspoken but said all too loudly.

Welcome, My Brothers! 
To Insomniacs Anonymous....

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