Finally, today's prompt! To write a poem based on a song lyric. Well, the lyric is compliments of Corinne Bailey Rae and the poem is compliments of many years' experience:-) Here it is:
Insomnia
“It’s late and I’m feeling so tired/ Having trouble sleeping/ This constant compromise/ Between thinking and breathing” Trouble Sleeping, Corinne Bailey Rae
The hot pillow no longer
Caresses my cheek as racing
Images explode my exhausted
Neural transmitters
Prompted always by a restless thought
Undisciplined monkey mind
Needs training like a recalcitrant puppy
Sleep keeps no company
With manic mental gymnastics
Living in the midst of the material and cerebral and bringing it all into subjection to Christ.
1 comment:
Unfortunately, I understand all too well. Best wishes for a good night's sleep tonight.
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