Short Sleep Deprivation Poems

Somnambulism
GPS is off the grid
Sleep deprivation




Contest Theme: Sleepwalking...

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If we knew in advance that all daughters and sons
keep us up every night: yours and mine — everyone’s
(teething, peeing and screaming,
yet so INNOCENT-seeming),
we’d be living in convents like well-rested nuns....

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The lighting, it was over-bright
Sleep, now a luxury deprived
For here there is no day or night
The lighting, it was over-bright.
Lethargy saps the will to fight
How long can he retain his mind?
The lighting it was over-bright
Sleep now a luxury deprived....

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soothe is an abyss I cannot seem to climb down into.

when I realize I am comfortable I feel uncomfortable .

calamity 

is all my body knows.

this little blue “calming” pill

does little but make one somnolent.

sleep deprivation is torture?

then I am my own castigator...

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Trump’s Sleep


It must be asked, it’s only right:
Does Donald Trump sleep well at night?
And will less than forty winks 
affect adversely how he thinks? 
Psychologists perceptively remind
sleep deprivation affects the mind
with bizarre and illogic tricks
like things Trump says then contradicts....

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At times 
The nights
Are painfully long 
And seem to pass by 
So very slowly 

It makes 
Me feel like I have no hope left
It gives me feelings of despair 
Like a tarantula of rain pouring down 
It makes me 
Want to cry 
Like snow drifting from the sky 

I drift 
In and out of sleep 
And wonder 
Is this how I will spend the rest of my life sleeping?...

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Wide awake, my mind racing
Can’t even put into words
What I am thinking

It’s dark and cold
Laying all alone
Empty bed fills my empty room

Sleep deprivation kicking in
Just close my eyes
Let my mind unwind

From all the craziness
I’m taking in
But won’t let out

I shake and scream
I begin to shout
My nightmares begin

They don’t stop
I’m going under
Save yourself....

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THE SNATCH OF SLEEP

Sleep deprivation to a mind-
is worse than the abuse of drugs..
it makes you delusional...
unable to clearly distinguish-
between truths, fantasy and illusions....
a rested mind is always..
good for your own sake..
better see to it that..
that you are not negleting-
the sweet adventures of lala land..
as you toil for your daily bread.



Lewis k Nyaga...

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‘Such wild giggles, get out of fantasy!’
I am told caught in sleep deprivation;
‘To you the insane is the solution .
That look in your eyes completely crazy.’
The colors spin and it’s all that I see 
a kaleidoscope is a grande option;
Such wild giggles;
Flowers dance just like serendipity,
every song blooms into a rogue action;
To all of this I give my devotion.
Ugly truth see the sign? ‘No vacancy.’
Such wild giggles....

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Here I sit yet one more night,
playing solitaire while sleep takes flight !
I was weary as I climbed in bed,
fluffed my pillow and laid down my head.
I closed my eyes and said a prayer;
a good night's rest has become so rare !
Sometimes my mind won't take a break;
other times my legs keep me awake.
So up I get and try to cope,
doing my best not to give up hope !
Soon I'll lie down again and pray
my nighttime "demons" will stay away !...

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In a world of pain,
lost and hurt everyday.
Love can be everything.
When loss becomes sleep deprivation,
and the moon no longer glows for you,
take a deep breath and remember,
I'll always be here for you.

When you fall no longer able to withstand such displeasure.
I'll take your hand and pull you close.
Because if you let me I'll be here for eternity,
with your allowance I'll be your strength.
I'll be everything you need,
just as long as you promise not to leave....

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Today, of all days
Let's not make a deal
Out of sleep deprivation
There's a bag
Upon the back
That stands ready for invitation
...to spill

Expectations collect
Wanting love to appear
On scattered lines
Were you desiring
A truth bomb
From an uncultivated mind
...to heal

A moment, a pure moment
Where one sees
And desires the perception
Is the acceptance
One must experience
Out of a far fetched inspection
...to reel

Presence

Written by Trudy Schrader on 12-24-2022...

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