Poems About Insomnia by Top Critiquers
#insomnia
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 6:28am
12th Sep 2024 6:28am
Insomnia
Sleep denied while memory rots
Connected to a breathing machine
Unable to unplug from my thoughts
It’s like being hopped up on caffeine
Rest seems impossible to obtain
Since being diagnosed with apnea
Nothing will silence this active brain
Constantly interrupted by insomnia
Connected to a breathing machine
Unable to unplug from my thoughts
It’s like being hopped up on caffeine
Rest seems impossible to obtain
Since being diagnosed with apnea
Nothing will silence this active brain
Constantly interrupted by insomnia
#insomnia
129 reads
19 Comments
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
15th Aug 2020 10:28pm
15th Aug 2020 10:28pm
YOU HAVE A CHOICE LIFE OR DEATH
Someplace and somewhere some family is going through rough times, dealing with an drug addict whether it's a friend or family member or someone you pass on the street. But yet I ask this question what will it take to get you, to understand that what you're doing is destroying the best part of you. As a woman or a man who withstood the very test of time for you even overcame, the adversities that almost killed you in heart and soul and mind. For why is it so hard to let go of the drugs that are slowly taking away, the true beauty of your heart and the deepness of your subconsciousness. While...
#depression
#relationships
#insomnia
#addiction
#nightmares
545 reads
13 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
18th Jan 2024 9:45am
18th Jan 2024 9:45am
go back to sleep...
when the nightmares fade
and the fog of time settles in
like an old patchwork quilt
scraps of the past stitched together
in some haphazard kinda manner
blanketing history with a groggy me
muffling the internal screams
until I'm finally able to sleep
unsettled...twitchy...a little uneasy...
but desperate for a respite
a moment's unblemished peace
I lay tensed in a compact ball
occupying the least required space
waiting for sandman's call
listening to the erratic thud of my heart
and the unnaturally loud sound of my...
and the fog of time settles in
like an old patchwork quilt
scraps of the past stitched together
in some haphazard kinda manner
blanketing history with a groggy me
muffling the internal screams
until I'm finally able to sleep
unsettled...twitchy...a little uneasy...
but desperate for a respite
a moment's unblemished peace
I lay tensed in a compact ball
occupying the least required space
waiting for sandman's call
listening to the erratic thud of my heart
and the unnaturally loud sound of my...
#confessional
#insomnia
#PTSD #nightmares
#PTSD #nightmares
245 reads
10 Comments
Duende
Poem Published
8th Jul 2024 2:00pm
8th Jul 2024 2:00pm
Adrenaline
it started in 2013
seven weeks of
horrible stress
painful losses
no deep sleep
a broken doll
functioning on
just adrenaline
trying to survive
feeling helpless
utterly restless
she didn't fade
this razor blade
got more powers
as years went by
she causes me to
wake up at night
i'm tired & wired
need some sleep
i'm done with this
exhausting tornado
fucking adrenal fatigue
seven weeks of
horrible stress
painful losses
no deep sleep
a broken doll
functioning on
just adrenaline
trying to survive
feeling helpless
utterly restless
she didn't fade
this razor blade
got more powers
as years went by
she causes me to
wake up at night
i'm tired & wired
need some sleep
i'm done with this
exhausting tornado
fucking adrenal fatigue
#insomnia
#nightmares
222 reads
18 Comments
goodwolf1966
jimmy
jimmy
Poem Published
24th Nov 2024 9:49am
24th Nov 2024 9:49am
too tired
i wake up
each morning
with more
physical pain,
(except
when i
sleep for
a few
hours during
my day),
than i don't
want to
continue
enduring,
ailments
it seems
i inherited
from my
mother,
and knowing
that the
government
refuses to
compensate
me fully
does not
help an
already bad
situation.
each morning
with more
physical pain,
(except
when i
sleep for
a few
hours during
my day),
than i don't
want to
continue
enduring,
ailments
it seems
i inherited
from my
mother,
and knowing
that the
government
refuses to
compensate
me fully
does not
help an
already bad
situation.
#disability
#illness
#insomnia
#vulnerability
#weakness
65 reads
6 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
17th Dec 2024 8:23pm
17th Dec 2024 8:23pm
The Frustration of Insomnia
It’s late at night and sleep alludes me
Synapses are firing at high speeds
Thousands of thudding thoughts thump through and through
Denying my brain of the rest it needs
The fidgety minutes turn into restless hours
New beliefs and viewpoints begin to take form
Even as the frustration of insomnia clouds all reason and logic
It’s a kind of magic amidst a quiet storm
And then everything seems to disappear by morning light
All the ideas and philosophies grew wings and took flight
Synapses are firing at high speeds
Thousands of thudding thoughts thump through and through
Denying my brain of the rest it needs
The fidgety minutes turn into restless hours
New beliefs and viewpoints begin to take form
Even as the frustration of insomnia clouds all reason and logic
It’s a kind of magic amidst a quiet storm
And then everything seems to disappear by morning light
All the ideas and philosophies grew wings and took flight
#insomnia
#SelfDiscovery
#sleep
89 reads
13 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
5th Dec 2024 9:31pm
5th Dec 2024 9:31pm
Deep in the galactic sounds
Behold unfinished dreams of a man
without hope.
Sleepless in the swim
of the sweet sweat pillow.
No vision of an own self,
deserted by his outer spiritual awakening.
Unknown pain on the left leg muscles.
Pins and needles across the brain that drains.
The yeast warming in a completely different
way from the original mind.
without hope.
Sleepless in the swim
of the sweet sweat pillow.
No vision of an own self,
deserted by his outer spiritual awakening.
Unknown pain on the left leg muscles.
Pins and needles across the brain that drains.
The yeast warming in a completely different
way from the original mind.
#dreams
#insomnia
#nightmares
#sleep
#spiritual
63 reads
2 Comments
AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
28th Feb 2019 3:51pm
28th Feb 2019 3:51pm
A Comfortable Mind ?
Want
A comfortable mind
One
That doesn’t look for every fault
Want
To lose the hurricane of thoughts
That
Plague me to stay awake
Need
The black void of normality
A comfortable mind
One
That doesn’t look for every fault
Want
To lose the hurricane of thoughts
That
Plague me to stay awake
Need
The black void of normality
#SelfReflection
#insomnia
#Autism
707 reads
1 Comment
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
2nd Jun 2022 1:45am
2nd Jun 2022 1:45am
Insomnia
I must have done something great in a previous life
Maybe I cure cancer saving everyone's life
Maybe I cleaned up the oceans
Developed a magic elixir or potion
Whatever it was, it had to be grand
Maybe I stood in space with a meteor in my hand
Returned to earth and made everyone hold hands
May be solved foods demands
Stepped onto the battlefield and simply said no more
No more weapons, no more hate, no more war, no more
Whatever it was I don't have to know
Lying here listening to you, as you snore
Fills...
Maybe I cure cancer saving everyone's life
Maybe I cleaned up the oceans
Developed a magic elixir or potion
Whatever it was, it had to be grand
Maybe I stood in space with a meteor in my hand
Returned to earth and made everyone hold hands
May be solved foods demands
Stepped onto the battlefield and simply said no more
No more weapons, no more hate, no more war, no more
Whatever it was I don't have to know
Lying here listening to you, as you snore
Fills...
#insomnia
376 reads
0 Comments
Naajir
Poem Published
7th Oct 2024 3:25pm
7th Oct 2024 3:25pm
...on a limb...Eye write...
when we get off our de-VICES
and go outside, what does our reality look like?
what do our dreams look like
when we lay our heads to...rest?
what lesson has Humility taught you...me?
painful the Journey, yes?
to be slow roasted over the lies we've sold
to our Souls...looking for a come up
sucks to come up empty
sooooo...
we hurry back to our de-VICES
with a flurry of unreconciled...
and go outside, what does our reality look like?
what do our dreams look like
when we lay our heads to...rest?
what lesson has Humility taught you...me?
painful the Journey, yes?
to be slow roasted over the lies we've sold
to our Souls...looking for a come up
sucks to come up empty
sooooo...
we hurry back to our de-VICES
with a flurry of unreconciled...
#anxiety
#dreams
#insomnia
#lies
#LifeStruggles
295 reads
4 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
19th Apr 2019 2:50am
19th Apr 2019 2:50am
Blocked
Awake again.
Body refusing to rest –
twitchy, exhausted but uncomfortable.
Mind joins the party – why not?
Words and ideas start tumbling,
like those balls in the big bingo drum -
turn, turn… let’s see what pops out?
Worthless phrases, no hint of beauty or meaning.
Occasional gems taunting, mocking me,
but never enough to hang a poem on.
Incoherent babble, wasting my time.
I’m out of bed for this??
A hazy sense of something hovers,
Annoying like a fly around my head
refusing to land where I can smack it. ...
Body refusing to rest –
twitchy, exhausted but uncomfortable.
Mind joins the party – why not?
Words and ideas start tumbling,
like those balls in the big bingo drum -
turn, turn… let’s see what pops out?
Worthless phrases, no hint of beauty or meaning.
Occasional gems taunting, mocking me,
but never enough to hang a poem on.
Incoherent babble, wasting my time.
I’m out of bed for this??
A hazy sense of something hovers,
Annoying like a fly around my head
refusing to land where I can smack it. ...
#WritersBlock
#insomnia
#frustration
644 reads
8 Comments
adagio
Poem Published
21st Sep 2024 12:12pm
21st Sep 2024 12:12pm
Waiting for Aristotle
Dowager's hors d'oeuvres from artifacts
parting the parcel of her psychology
listening as dark nibbles fennel seeds
of narcissistic sociopaths schizophrenia
from the tender loin's obsession
of Mr. Hyde's flying monkeys
totally fucked-up waiting for Aristotle
parting the parcel of her psychology
parting the parcel of her psychology
listening as dark nibbles fennel seeds
of narcissistic sociopaths schizophrenia
from the tender loin's obsession
of Mr. Hyde's flying monkeys
totally fucked-up waiting for Aristotle
parting the parcel of her psychology
#dark
#deception
#hypocrisy
#insomnia
#shadows
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