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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

Tag Archives: no sleep

Panic ~ #poetry #dark

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in dark poetry, Poems, Poetry

≈ 34 Comments

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#darkpoetry, #poetry, dorindaduclos.com, dreams, emotion, night, Night Owl Poetry, night terrors, nightmares, no sleep, panic attacks, poems, visions, writing


The medication is beginning to wear thin

Night terrors return, with a frantic fury

Evoking strange visions, conjuring the dark

Encapsulating me, like a jail cell, but the bars!

Claustrophobia has nothing on these feelings

Like solitary confinement, there’s no escape

I’m trapped in my own fear, flailing my arms

Still you sleep, with me screaming on the inside

And you not hearing on the outside, please wake up!

Unlock this oubliette, find the door to set me free

I call your name, no response, the silence deafens

My heart, racing, beating, as it longs to release

Scattered breaths, this taunting inside me

And when it finally does, I am spent, and you wake

Realizing, this is my life, this is how I cope with it

I panic, it attacks, with no cavalry to rescue me

No savior, only me, finally fighting my way out

The easiest way to deal with this, is to not sleep

So I don’t, and I won’t, and I can’t live like this

 

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Insomnia

22 Thursday May 2014

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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insomnia, Night Owl Poetry, no sleep, poems, poetry, sleep

Nights lost to a struggle
unable to shut down
a mind that is filled with
wandering dreams
and obsessive thoughts
constantly invading, reminding
of things to be done
in the waking dawn
that comes too quickly

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Wide Awake – A Poet’s Lament

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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awake, insomnia, insomniac, Night Owl Poetry, no sleep, poems, poet, poetry, sleep, wee hours, writing

Why am I
So wide awake?
I went to bed
For goodness sake!

I shut the light
And close my eyes
And pray the sandman
Won’t pass me by

My mind’s still going
It’s on a tear
I toss and turn
And get nowhere

It’s no use trying
With all my might
A poet never sleeps
So I get up and write

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