Poems About Insomnia by Top Critiquers
#insomnia
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 5:28am
12th Sep 2024 5:28am
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
164 reads
19 Comments
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
15th Aug 2020 9:28pm
15th Aug 2020 9:28pm
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
586 reads
13 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
189 reads
13 Comments
Duende
Poem Published
8th Jul 2024 1:00pm
8th Jul 2024 1:00pm
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
331 reads
18 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:07pm
Yesterday 10:07pm
brace for it
21 of 30
words finally recede
like fog rolling across the water
as sun tickles the surface
glimmering flickers of hope
tugging at shallow breaths
teasing...
...more...
I know you've got it in you
come on
breathe deeper
fill those aching lungs
& get up
!!
the pillow lies rumpled & abandoned
sheets cooling
where the shape of me still lies
comfort left behind
it's the start that's the hardest
facing the unknown
...is a daily occurrence
some days... ...
words finally recede
like fog rolling across the water
as sun tickles the surface
glimmering flickers of hope
tugging at shallow breaths
teasing...
...more...
I know you've got it in you
come on
breathe deeper
fill those aching lungs
& get up
!!
the pillow lies rumpled & abandoned
sheets cooling
where the shape of me still lies
comfort left behind
it's the start that's the hardest
facing the unknown
...is a daily occurrence
some days... ...
#anxiety
#confessional
#insomnia
#LifeStruggles
#nightmares
32 reads
0 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
16th Jan 2025 12:37pm
16th Jan 2025 12:37pm
Insanity a la carte
Glimmering beneath a sheen,
where shadows dance in whispers, unseen.
Veiled chaos, finely painted dreams,
in the cracks madness gleams.
Fragile echoes in twilight's embrace,
haunting glimpses of a fractured face.
Silent screams, behind polished walls,
in the stillness a storm calls.
Beneath the surface, turmoil brews.
Masked by a gloss of tranquil hues.
In the heart, a restless fire,
burning with unspoken desire.
Mirrored reflections, distorted and clear,
a dance with demons ever near.
Eyes that...
where shadows dance in whispers, unseen.
Veiled chaos, finely painted dreams,
in the cracks madness gleams.
Fragile echoes in twilight's embrace,
haunting glimpses of a fractured face.
Silent screams, behind polished walls,
in the stillness a storm calls.
Beneath the surface, turmoil brews.
Masked by a gloss of tranquil hues.
In the heart, a restless fire,
burning with unspoken desire.
Mirrored reflections, distorted and clear,
a dance with demons ever near.
Eyes that...
#anxiety
#art
#courage
#insomnia
#mirror
108 reads
6 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
19th Apr 2019 1:50am
19th Apr 2019 1:50am
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
700 reads
8 Comments
Ambjr
Poem Published
12th Feb 2025 6:53am
12th Feb 2025 6:53am
ode to insomnia
oh merciless enchantress of darkest hours
siren of endless thoughts
mistress of my torment
sweet devourer of sleep
how violently you return to me
night after night
you claim me for yourself
your fingertips leavin burnin trails
along my skin
we tangle in sheets of unrest
limbs entwined til dawn
remember how I begged for mercy
drownin our love in bottles of amber
three years free from those liquid chains
and still I bend to your touch
you unravel me
each caress ignitin thought
where whispers turn to savage...
siren of endless thoughts
mistress of my torment
sweet devourer of sleep
how violently you return to me
night after night
you claim me for yourself
your fingertips leavin burnin trails
along my skin
we tangle in sheets of unrest
limbs entwined til dawn
remember how I begged for mercy
drownin our love in bottles of amber
three years free from those liquid chains
and still I bend to your touch
you unravel me
each caress ignitin thought
where whispers turn to savage...
#insomnia
#sleep
94 reads
5 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
24th Sep 2018 00:15am
24th Sep 2018 00:15am
there's no beauty in this ..
I look at the moon
and feel nothing but disgust
another night awake
another night without sleep ..
and feel nothing but disgust
another night awake
another night without sleep ..
#insomnia
469 reads
6 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
15th Dec 2024 00:34am
15th Dec 2024 00:34am
a lucid haze
My bedsheets smell of
lavender and indica
silk pillowcase a cushioned ocean
for my restless mind
that floats through the dark
unseeing and unsleeping
I'm nowhere in particular
if I wait for the dawn I might see it
lavender and indica
silk pillowcase a cushioned ocean
for my restless mind
that floats through the dark
unseeing and unsleeping
I'm nowhere in particular
if I wait for the dawn I might see it
#depression
#drugs
#insomnia #marijuana
#insomnia #marijuana
261 reads
12 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
7th Jan 2023 3:27am
7th Jan 2023 3:27am
why can't I sleep?
can't sleep
head full of useless
thought
worms
eyes open
body feels like
cement
insomnia arrives like
a new born
baby
screaming
demanding
attention
warning me of mass
destruction
come the
dawn
no light switch
to flip
off
shouldn't have had
those four shots
of expresso
today
head full of useless
thought
worms
eyes open
body feels like
cement
insomnia arrives like
a new born
baby
screaming
demanding
attention
warning me of mass
destruction
come the
dawn
no light switch
to flip
off
shouldn't have had
those four shots
of expresso
today
#funny
#insomnia
472 reads
6 Comments
KristinaX
Poem Published
27th Jun 2022 8:00pm
27th Jun 2022 8:00pm
Insomnia, Sleep with me...
I will be your eternal memory that does not let you sleep ...
You will forever remember every minute spent with me,
and every thought will pierce you like an electric current,
blowing up your consciousness and turning on your mind!
Turning you on in every other way too, piercing steel rod
You will forever remember me as a crazy chaos in your head
depriving you of sleep! And you will dream of touching me
at least with your breath, feeling this touch on your body ...
with an exciting tremor!
You will forever remember every minute spent with me,
and every thought will pierce you like an electric current,
blowing up your consciousness and turning on your mind!
Turning you on in every other way too, piercing steel rod
You will forever remember me as a crazy chaos in your head
depriving you of sleep! And you will dream of touching me
at least with your breath, feeling this touch on your body ...
with an exciting tremor!
#men
#insomnia
#passion
933 reads
42 Comments
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