#nap
I miss you when you're sleeping,
Whether it's all night,
Or just a nap
I miss your smile, I miss your laugh
I miss the feel of your hand squeezing mine
I know you need the rest
And you'll be feeling just fine
When I wake you with a kiss
I miss the glow in your eyes when they look in mine
But I want your jokes and absurdities
Always right here with me
And it's just not fair
I can't hear your voice
Even though you're right there
May 25
May 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM UTC
removing love from sunbeams
i take a nap stretched feline diagonal
sainted across this afternoon
my dreams slant and fill
pool with warm blood and stimulation
puckling with keen sprigs of excitement
delighted inhibition attends in numbers
characters clap their hands frigging the silence
marbling vortexes in the atmosphere
among them passionate v.i.p.s swell-wishers
and distressing swollen carnival kinkers
someone passes me a handgun
wrapped in a pink silk square
it is factory unfinished
jagged edges never filed off
from cheap molds
cuts into my hand to hold
assassin amateur blood bonded
seeks his foe
it is to be an event
an exploitation
of my knitty 'ins & outs'
my pleasure and a measure
of invasional discomfort
both granted and guaranteed
Apr 10
Apr 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM UTC
let me chill before i crash
rehash the blurred past
retcon all that i lacked
embrace the smooth black
let me chill before i crash
don’t drop the eggs, don’t let them crack
keep them in your nap sack
keep it with me in the back of your pretty
pretty mind, draw me out like cartoons
undress me in your room
do you love it like i do?
i love it when you touch it like you do?
i cannot ask for better than you
Feb 2
Feb 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC
dreams,
let them float
to you.
don't try
to make them
into something
you wish
to dream about.
just let
the universe
decide.
Aug 16, 2025
Aug 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM UTC
Pretend naps make
Imaginary dreams
Singing no lyrics
Dancing with me
Twirls I can't feel
My mouth is watering
The thirst is real
....
I need a real nap
So I can dream of you
Feb 23, 2023
Feb 23, 2023 at 4:06 PM UTC
grateful to the grave
I plank right out
my bed a cross pounded
foundation of maul emotion
fast out kipping
not in keeping
a widowing and not a kingdom
milling out gawping
a fish mug
tourists chugging at the gallows
dread heaves ugging repulsions
my sleep is a gagging panic
livers of the hours
the minutes are a live toil
difficult digestions
the sour beat n' breath
a particle flecked arena
this slumber is harmful charge
(a battery matter)
capable of a faulty
reversal of surge
depleting sleep
not a springtime emergence
ejected from the unconscious
: a drained agent
reduced and submissive for duty
Sep 15, 2021
Sep 15, 2021 at 10:14 PM UTC
Some days
You just need
To take a
Long nap
To reset your
tired brain
Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020 at 8:47 PM UTC
"I just need to take a nap"
Nap, (noun) definition:
1. A ten year comatose state to avoid all of my life's problems
2. A nonexistant like state removing ones self from suffering
3. An excuse not be productive
Nap (verb) definition:
1. Taking a short rest from your dreary life
2. Pretending to be asleep when annoying people (all people) attempt to communicate with you
3. A failing attempt at death
Aug 28, 2020
Aug 28, 2020 at 8:13 AM UTC
When I was coming up
momma and daddy both said
"Finish your plate, son. Eat the rest!"
More often than not there'd be something
I didn't like, or didn't like enough
and momma or daddy one would say
"Finish your plate. Eat the rest!"
I'd eat a little more, ask to be excused,
momma or daddy would see my remnants
"Eat the rest, child! Eat the rest!"
I'd eat a bit more. "May I be excused?"
"Listen to me, son, you best eat the rest!"
So I'd sit there, pitiful like, and eat the rest.
Reflecting on this, I am keenly aware
proponents on both sides argue 'beware'
Forcing a child to always finish their plate
can lead to obesity's worrisome fate
But letting them stop whenever they want
selfishly teaches life's lessons to flaunt
It doesn't matter which side you're on
I'll agree with you so let's move on
There's a deeper darker side to this
that I need to mention lest I be remiss
After year's of being told to eat the rest
is it possible I actually consumed "my rest"?
The rest I seek when I try to take a nap
The rest I pursue when I wear my CPAP
The rest that eludes me at work or at play
The question my wife asks me every day:
"Honey, were you able to get any rest?"
No, dear. When I was a kid, I was forced to
finish my plate and eat the rest, so there's
none to be found. I done ate it all.
© 2020 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Aug 4, 2020
Aug 4, 2020 at 10:57 PM UTC
Stress is when you feel your heart skip a beat,
the blood pumping through our veins and then our lungs start to squeeze sharply onto our rib cage, gasping....gasping for a breath and then we feel worse and everything we see turns grey and into anger, because the chemicals in our brain are feeding us drought.
Anxiety begins to fall in and i'm in panic mode.
Can't breath,
Can't think,
Hands grasping my hair tightly,
Headache pours in and then sometimes
the rain drops down like a wrecked felony and heart palpitations slowly ease after the clouds start to seize.
Time for a nap, sleep and retract our thoughts as they slowly drift away into a two time dimension.
Jun 23, 2020
Jun 23, 2020 at 2:19 PM UTC
Your puttering purr
flutters against my fingers
sharing in comfort.
Feb 24, 2020
Feb 24, 2020 at 10:06 PM UTC
Hey, we take naps to
I am so comfortable
How can I help you
Brian Hill - 2020 # 39
Feb 8, 2020
Feb 8, 2020 at 8:53 AM UTC
Sometimes I see
The world in black and white,
Whether I'm relaxing in my bed,
Playing Minecraft,
Or running a mile.
Trying to get biology
OUT of my head!
I'm guessing that I've grown horns!
I'm guessing I'm human no more!
But I'm sorry,
I needed a break.
I needed to say:
I'm over this thing called, school!
I want to go home.
I want to stay there.
I want to not finish my homework.
I want to live my life free
From the eternal chains
Of torment and classrooms,
Filled with books,
More than I could ever read.
Please let me out,
I'm willing to take a leap.
I'm willing to take a risk.
Please let me have a break,
My brain feels as though it might break.
Feb 3, 2020
Feb 3, 2020 at 2:29 AM UTC
I would like to recline, rest
these weary limbs of mine
- head down, feet up,
giant sigh -
Resting for a moment, really,
I'm not going to sleep right
now... I just need to rescue
these poor feet... only a
moment...
I’m not sinking deep into
the couch... one little show
and then off to bed I’ll go...
Yes, that last blink
lingered… and the next
more so - another sigh -
and I sink deeper…
One more blink… weighs
heavy on… dreaming
eyes… too late to fight…
good… night...
NCL 2019
Jul 28, 2019
Jul 28, 2019 at 1:21 AM UTC
nodding daydream sun
shade tree nap with flower scent
windchime song awake
Jul 19, 2019
Jul 19, 2019 at 10:21 AM UTC
oh sweet merciful vacation
holiday your sloth is grace
lay me further into bedding
let not the sun ****** my face
for it is here in bed im cradled
give me only moments rest
i am weary from my labor
comfortably beneath deaths breast
Jun 17, 2019
Jun 17, 2019 at 6:03 AM UTC
I am asleep on the couch
Everything around me could collapse and I wouldn’t have a clue
It’s all roses and sunshine inside my weary head
Dreams are not honest and I don’t wish them to be
I am ready to wake up
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019 at 3:32 PM UTC
I stare while you peacefully sleep
Trying to peek inside your brain
It is the trust issues plaguing my thoughts
Driving me this insane
Why do I act crazy
Every time I get too close?
All I desire is a guarantee
That I am the one you want the most
You say you are happy with me
But something won’t let me believe
Hesitation in your smile
Betrays truth I long to receive
A confession would ease my worries
You show no honesty as evidence
To prove promises are accurate
Strengthen your defense
I wish every word you said was true
My heart would have relief
It’s hard so unsure I ponder
Your emotions as you sleep
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019 at 1:39 AM UTC
I'm pottering and napping
with no space for snap chatting
I'm reading and snoozing
with no online browsing
I'm just taking downtime
some space for just me time
I'll see you tomorrow
when I emerge from my burrow
Feb 17, 2019
Feb 17, 2019 at 2:43 PM UTC