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My poem about my chronic insomnia

Katz42Senior Contributor

My poem about my chronic insomnia

Insomnia is Hitler

Weariness overpowers

Tyrannical as a fascist

Leering!

Controlling my consciousness

And my corpse body

Addled by propaganda

Regaling the Master

Toothbruch moustache

Abrading my brittle mind

Subverting corroding fractious intractable implacable

Can’t catch up on

Endless sleepless nights

Nothing else matters

Disagree with a dictator

You end up dead

Morgue-like my mind

Benign and numb

Going through the motions

An automaton

Obey!

Stick to the rules!

Or else…

© Katz42

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In response to: My poem about my chronic insomnia

DimitySenior Contributor

Re: My poem about my chronic insomnia

Thanks for sharing @Katz42 . Seems to encapsulate many dark nights

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AinjouleSenior Contributor

Re: My poem about my chronic insomnia

Amazing poem @Katz42 , very detailed. Good on you for channelling this difficult topic into a piece of art.

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Katz42Senior Contributor

Re: My poem about my chronic insomnia

thankyou very much @Ainjoule . I appreciate the feedback and compliment. (don't get many of those in my life). Thanks for taking the time to post. 😊

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Katz42Senior Contributor

Re: My poem about my chronic insomnia

Kind of you to take the time to comment and making me feel less vulnerable by exposing something of myself through a poem. @Dimity 🙂

In response to: My poem about my chronic insomnia

Katz42Senior Contributor

Re: My poem about my chronic insomnia

Question, where is the appropriate place to share my poems?

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DimitySenior Contributor

Re: My poem about my chronic insomnia

@Katz42 the thread that's a treasure trove to browse with lots of poetry is Writing As A Form Of Therapy

But it seems policy is changing and long threads are frowned on. @espressologic might be able to clarify.

It's harder to stay in touch when there are one-off postings of poems... we miss out if we don't catch them, unless we resort to the search bar from time to time.

( @espressologic you may take this as a comment on the change of policy)

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