insomnia (poem)

by

sleep

quiet sleep

but restless

not quite

so quiet sleep

toss

turn

mumble

stare

not empty eyes

troubled eyes

terror sleep

reach

higher yet

farther yet

what star where

impossibly high

shot out of the sky

winking earthbound

to sleep

 

© Cindy Lapeña, 2012

 

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