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#insomia
Night is still. Quiet. The moon keeps watch, clouds linger, and I’m staring at the fan. I close my eyes— sleep refuses to hold my hand. I swallow the pills, but they spill the truth: I can’t sleep. Why? Am I sick? Is my head aching? Or has my bed soaked too deeply in my tears to take me to dreamland? They banging on the door thinking I am tying a rope on the fan who's gonna tell them I am already choking in tears 1, 2, 3, 4… They say counting helps. Not tonight. Baa baa black sheep… Maybe a lullaby will. Or maybe not. The one who stole my sleep must have forgotten to return it. Or maybe he will— but when? on this ground or somewhere in the clouds? Google hey how to sleep ? remove a problem from your life who is problem but ? me ? or my life ?
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Mar 6
Mar 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
HOW TO SLEEP ?
sleep. rest. leave. the silk twists around my body but calmness doesn’t overtake me thoughts race through my head tears stream down my face negative thoughts cloud my brain MAKE IT STOP a voice screeches from within but voices pick up volume below I stumble out of bed searching for something, anything to dim the noise BE QUIET BE QUIET Be quiet be…still.
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Nov 20, 2025
Nov 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM UTC
midnight 🖤
As I lay here in the dark, My head's in another place It's wondering to a different time, It's wondering to your face. To the days filled with laughter, To days filled with tears. To the memories we made together, In just a few short years. Your skin agaisnt mine sent us to outer space, No one on Earth existed inside our special place. Two broken people mended, maybe temporarily, This past life bliss I'd hope to forget now weighs on me so heavily. Sometimes, I bask, in the thought of you and me, I think about what could have been. Was it meant to be? I stroke his face, I rest my head on his chest What would he do if he knew what's in my head.
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Feb 25, 2019
Feb 25, 2019 at 1:27 AM UTC
Dark Thoughts
Pacing pacing Pacing racing Falling screaming Staying going Writing cryiNG RACING RACING WORDS WORDS WORDS S T O P NO NO Soemone talk to me I'm feeling needy No wait I feel great It's 3am I don't even need sleep I've slept all day So tired I feel uninspired Wow it's so pretty I am too Everyrhing is okay Listen to me LISTEN TO ME STOP STOP IGNORING ME Trauma trauma Get over it Stop throwing a fit Are you okay You need help I'll do anything Dear god Am i crazy Everyone says i am Look at them Disturbing I can't be like that No wait I like this It makes me different Dear god **** me It's not unique I'm a freak Tears of joy yesterday Now drops of sorrow Ahaha love is borrowed Whisper whipser calming calming The storm is coming I sent you a novel YOU DIDN'T REPLY Dear god my minds dry Stop talking Speak to me So restless endlessly Daydreaming Oh the day is gone Where'd you all go Time is slow No it's F A S T Nothing is meant to last I'm tired now I can't sleep Maybe I'll research Something neat Goodnight Goodnight LEAVE ME ALONE Okay im sorry For the harsh tone Why are you leaving This is normal
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Jan 29, 2019
Jan 29, 2019 at 3:14 AM UTC
Manic
It’s another late night with these thoughts in my head, with a cup of coffee I probably shouldn’t had, with these dreams I’m squeezing, trying to not let ‘em go.
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Jan 27, 2019
Jan 27, 2019 at 2:41 AM UTC
Cup of Coffee
Dead Dead Dead Burning Stirring Stabbing Twisting Sad all the time Dead until nine The stabbing starts at bed My body isnt dead Emotions must not have been informed Let me s l e e p Tired Drained RestLESs Take this pill God I'm fragile Needles in my arms They're not causing real harm It's just my lover AGONY
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Dec 16, 2018
Dec 16, 2018 at 3:57 PM UTC
Sleepless
Sleeping all day Never washing my clothes Skin and hair a mess I'm fine I'm fine Can't whine Forgetting to eat Getting sick from all foods Never changing my clothes Nothings wrong Nothings wrong I must still belong Staring at walls Headache won't go away Putting everything off It's okay It's okay There's other days Crying while watching tv Repeating my mistakes in my head Can't sleep at 4am Just another day Just another day Im used to this anyway
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Nov 8, 2018
Nov 8, 2018 at 3:13 AM UTC
Depression
a wolf hiding in the skin of a sheep creeping in the dark making me unable to sleep they say if you count sheep you will fall asleep faster but I find as I count sheep I only become more lost in the pasture walking through wheat fields searching for a meaning insomnia slowly killing me brining me to a yield Im standing on the edge of life and death wishing that wolf in sheep skin would have taken my last breath saving me from the dark caves in my brain making me feel like living is worth the pain
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May 23, 2018
May 23, 2018 at 11:41 AM UTC
Sheep
I am trying I know it seems repetitive I know I'm repulsing I'm the definition of insanity Because i keep acting out the same things. I know I want you next to me Its just harder than it seems Especially lately You need someone in bed with you You havent been sleeping good I walked in with you by her And your soars were like uproars I know you arent cheating Not even mentally I just cant help but feel that lately I dont want me So since you sleep by someone else just fine Ill lay in bed all night with tears in my eyes I want you to love me And i know you do Its just hard to see you want me When I'm so sick of everything I do
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Feb 4, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 at 3:39 AM UTC
One hit//bad for me
It was the door, it was my mind. My heart is bounding, my voice became blinding. My jaw is the numbest No one, not even the rain could've heard me. Could I have even spoken to myself? I tried, I tried, I swear I tried. My voice was not loud enough. I became aimless. All I hear is the silence, it is so loud and eager. My ears tingle with static, my tongue hides in fear. The shutting of my eyes hurt, it's almost unbelievable how awake I was. I can not close my eyes
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May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017 at 2:31 AM UTC
Intruders
I seek for peace Only you can give Forever I'll seek forgiveness As I walk the lonely seas I'm the one who's lost And I'm the one who seek Empty my soul, fill my mind My being is at void Peace is now just a dream Dreaming without any sleep Restless as I am I must find who I am For ten months, I've been hunt Of the nightmares of the past I don't know how long I will last 'Cause now I'm on the verge of dying The light that shines upon you brings me hope. With this hope I'll continue living, living but will remain dead. But with you this empty vessel will be filled with its soul. Then I shall rest in peace.
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Oct 28, 2016
Oct 28, 2016 at 3:54 PM UTC
Restless *****
I barely sleep How can I? faces keeps haunting Whenever I close my eyes,  It's like a movie scene Fairies, ghost, angels and demons Dramas, thrillers, actions, comedies and fantasies They're just one blink away Tell me how to sleep When a lot of voices enter my head Some tell me to be good Some persuade me to do the other way Even I put my two hands in my ear Still voices i can hear Rarely I sleep Just a nap thanks to those sleeping pills It helps me show my sleeping skills But I can't have it daily I don't want it to be my habbit Maybe you wonder Why schizophrenian amnesia not insomia I don't know the difference of day and night anymore The scene was so vivid always keeps me awake Awake that sometimes I don't remember how to sleep July 3, 2014 Mysterious Aries
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Aug 26, 2015
Aug 26, 2015 at 8:10 AM UTC
Schizophrenian Amnesia
__________________________ Still awake at 3 am Listening to a mellow song Waiting for the sun to rise Holding back the tears in my eyes Still up at 3 am Doing some flashback What happened to us A love that I fully trust Still sleepless at 3 am "It's not you it's me" your voice still echoing My heart was ripped in thousand pieces And seems was drop into different places Still not in bed at 3 am Holding a bottle of beer Wishing it can help me heal Hoping it can erase what I feel Still wide awake at 3 am Maybe it just don't fit right at all Waiting for the sun to rise for me to traces To start anew and pick up... my broken heart pieces... written: Oct. 7, 2014 Mysterious Aries
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Aug 5, 2015
Aug 5, 2015 at 1:24 AM UTC
At 3:00 AM
Hello 1 o'clock, or good morning if you will. Not really good, more of a why? Not really a should, more of a cry for help, as it seems, my insomnia is playing tricks on me. 1 o'clock; when I lye in bed thinking of all the things I should've said. Why do you talk about her like you've known her for years? Water escapes from my eyes resembling fear. And why do you talk about all these other girls as if they're the ones who are giving you their love? It makes me so upset, when push comes to shove and I tell myself I should just shut up, but you make me want to never stop. Because you act like you listen and you say that you care but these words are repeated to every feminine ear. It's not my fault you were born a charmer, it's my fault that, I wear your non protective love as armour. I'm such a fool, but a fool who wants to fall for you. Jealousy runs through my veins more than blood, oxygen is substituted with the love drug. You make me feel like I'm enough and nothing all at the same time, you bring a presence of butterflies to my stomach. I wish 1 o'clock would stop it.
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Jun 2, 2015
Jun 2, 2015 at 12:49 PM UTC
1 o'clock
o sleep you are almost within my grasp so close and yet so far away o blissful rest wash over me give my weary mind an oasis o restless mind please yield and stop pursuing me into the depths of insanity
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Jan 24, 2015
Jan 24, 2015 at 2:40 AM UTC
within my grasp
Here I am, awake and consumed by my thoughts of you. Yes, you! You should be proud because you're driving me crazy. You're the only one that has ever done this to me, so you can consider this as an achievement. Well done. Now, there's only one thing for you to do and that is to accept my love for you. Can you at least do that for me? please?
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Oct 10, 2014
Oct 10, 2014 at 1:49 PM UTC
Sleeplessness
the hollows under her eyes got deeper as invisible hands scraped further.
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Jun 17, 2014
Jun 17, 2014 at 6:01 AM UTC
sleepless nights