#rest poems on Hello Poetry

Bansi Adroja Apr 2021

Sleep

Sometimes I talk in my sleep
more than I do in reality

in a haze of make believe
some particular deceit

woven in amongst fears
and doubts

stories of better days
daydreams noted down

Sleep deprivation

#sleep #rest #day #dreams #sleeptalking

Dave Robertson Apr 2021

Shocks

When the tiredness came
sad eyes regarded it as nothing new
in hindsight she’d always made space for it,
an unconscious pet bed

the lack of shock
as it crept to her was almost nice
fingers on imagined fur
she felt her edges numb
retract from the screech of daily headlines
and dumb fingered scrolling
that sparked electrocutions

pacing in slow circles
around the blue pulse of her core
it settled unrequested
and pretended a defence
while forever she reached for rest

#anxiety #modernlifeisrubbish #peace #rest

I S A A C Apr 2021

Rest and Repeat

walking on air in my bedroom
so far from the pain and residue
scrubbed and rubbed myself down to the bone
retired; regrouped and ascent the throne
rose glasses on with a visionary mind
pearly whites to hide the pain inside
solid front for a processing machine underneath my skin
estimated time of recovery in two months
just gotta embrace the mourning until the morning
wipe the tears and conquer my fears
rest and repeat, don't forget to eat, rest and repeat

So hot I burnt out

#rest #repeat #balance #extemes

Lunar Mar 2021

you deserve it

don't settle for less.
don't be subtle to want more.

I deserve those annual leaves and they deserve not to be wasted any longer.

(j.m.)

#deserve #work #rest #leave #settle #subtle #life

Christian Bixler Mar 2021

haiku no. 141

blink
white petals are drifting
between clouds

#nature #beauty #rest

Peace Moses Mar 2021

Untitled

Believe me when I say
I don't want to die
I just want to sleep
A very deep sleep.

#rest

Maria Diola Mar 2021

Fly Away

I have wings like a dove,
I fly away to find my rest in God.
I have wings like a dove,
I fly away and rest in His love.

Where are those fears?
Where are those worries?
They couldn’t win the fight,
So they vanished from sight.

"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)

#rest #love #god

Alicia Moore Mar 2021

Exhausted

I’m interested in a free trial
to the south of soil.

Just a free trial, you see...

Resting for a while in the roots
To avoid such crushing daily disputes.

#life #exhausted #tired #roots #nature #soil #coffin #dead #death #rest