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I said that we were done, and that all ties between us had been severed.
Yet, my body betrays me, for I trace your heart in my sleep, as I cannot forget its shape...

-Rhia Clay
Kalliope 10h
After a long day
my bed calls to me,
Comfy and warm
yet her pillows stay cool to the cheek.

She keeps me company
all through the night,
My thoughts become hers,
in darkness or light.

Will I have good dreams
of love and adventure?
Or will shadows appear,
too deep to mention?

My mind plays tricks,
as she often does,
But my bed fights back
with her comforting hugs.

My neck finds peace
if I lay just right,
She eases my aches
most of the night.

She puts up with my snoring,
my tossing and thrashing,
Each dreamscape journey
more wild and crashing.

And though I kick and I turn
as I move through my dreams,
She never lets me fall out,
always there fixing my seams.
Maybe that's why I always go to her when the world stops making any sense.
sometimes i wake
from a fever-dream
spent with a mystery being –
evaporating too quickly
to savour
leftover feelings,
and hidden benefits
of a midnight affair
with someone
that doesn't exist.

when the day
is half gone,
i'm still lovesick,
incapable of
stopping my mind
from hoping
there’s a button somewhere
to hit re-wind.
this one is about the dreams that evoke feelings whilst asleep.
June 30, 2025
Days melt into each other
Like wax figures under the sun
Monday was four days ago
I could swear it was Tuesday today
8:00AM was one hour ago,
It’s 8:00PM
What did I eat today?
The pain of tomorrow
Arpitha Jun 25
I wonder what it’s like
To have a peaceful night’s sleep
To not be scared of the silence
To not be terrified of the clock ticking
My eyes burn with no respite
As I write poems at night
Maybe if I empty my mind
I will finally be able to unwind
My demons laugh at me
They will not let me be
I’m losing my will to continue living
As I lie on my bed writhing.
Hussein Jun 24
I lay with the stars around me
Most of them passed long ago
Like these thoughts of mine
Scars in the ether of the mind
Each lived a life of its own
Maybe died and was reborn
But as far as you and eye can see
They've left us with a sleepless night
Enchanting as they may be
Like the mesmerizing ripples of the sea
Deep down inside
Bewitched is what's left of me,

Yet up words i shall subside
Clinging to what's left of that mind
Eyes closed fists clenched
Blanket gets heavier the deeper i sink
What's left of my hopeful breath loses
Weighed down by my burdened head

If its rigor that aids the ascend
Then harshly disciplined we shall be
If its misery that makes the steps
Then weeping through it we shall climb
If it's time that runs out like a breath
Than like the stars we shall light up the midnight sky
And if its death that gatekeeps life
Then I am indeed alive.
1DNA Jun 21
~
Hush, little one — sleep.

It’s a chapter, not the whole.

It’s time to take a breather.

Let it rest,

mind, body, and soul.

~
Its time for a rest
mysterie Jun 20
her absence is a hum
beneath the streetlight.
it slips through my curtains -
silver,
never soft enough
to hush my thoughts.
give me a break.

her name is a wind,
caught behind my ribs,
blowing through
the rooms i built for her
but never locked.

every breath feels borrowed,
taken -
like she left it behind
by accident.
like her smile,
still living in the quiet
between my heartbeats.

the bed forgets
how to hold me right,
how to put me to sleep.
some nights,
loneliness is a second pillow.
other nights,
it’s her voice -
curled up
where my dreams should be.
but they aren’t.
thought there should be a second..

date wrote: 20/6/25
K Jun 20
it’s mine.
swaddled in a down embrace
my Outlook
changes
the air, muggy
carries the high-pitched
alerts
of chorus frogs
i need not respond.
a solitary fingertip
illuminated
s
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l
l
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n
g
blue burned eyes
resisting
sabotaging
The Day
It has been ten years since I last wrote a poem. It’s funny how these words flowed to me when I didn’t know I needed them.
neth jones Jun 17
dry as a butterfly   and legless as an atlas
buttressed by a mattress            
     the gap against the wall
to sleep   or  at least    
to practice
10/06/25
written for my 6yr old who gets credit for 'dry as a butterfly'
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