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Sleepless Nights
Contributed by
Tinkkerbelle
on
Wednesday, 2nd June 2004 @ 08:25:24 PM in AEST
Topic:
insomniac
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I lie awake trying desperately to find peace,
To find serenity,
To find this unknown world of sleep.
It's been months since I've "slept".
Long months.
Hard months.
I just cannot sleep.
There's no reason why.
Sleep just won't come.
The doctor doesn't know why.
The psychologist doesn't know why.
I don't know why.
I try to envision things, but it doesn't help.
I try counting, that doesn't help either.
Not even all the medication helps.
And no one knows why.
They can't figure it out.
They say I'm a difficult case.
When I do get the privilege of sleep,
It is fitful and I awake every ten minutes or so.
If I'm lucky, it all adds up to two hours, but most nights, not even two minutes.
Nobody understands.
It's so frustrating.
Why do I suffer from this?
People yell at me to sleep.
But I can't.
It's not my fault.
Don't they know I'd love to?
Don't they know I try, unsuccessfully, night after night?
I really want to, I try to, but it doesn't work.
I hear people all the time complaining about how they only got six hours of sleep.
Would you people all just shut up?
Just because you usually get eight to ten hours of sleep a night doesn't mean everyone else does!
Okay, you live off eight to ten hours of sleep a night.
I live off zero to two.
Try that, how much do you want to bet you can't deal with it as long as I have?
I can't focus.
I'm so exhausted.
I can't perceive things.
I truly hate this.
It's not fair.
What did I do to deserve this?
MW 2001
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Tinkkerbelle
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2004-06-02 20:25:24]
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Re: Sleepless Nights
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by alasdaircairns on
Wednesday, 2nd June 2004 @ 08:34:04 PM AEST
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| Try sleeping during the day!!! Works for me ! It's great to see you pore out your feelings so eloquently. Good work |
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Re: Sleepless Nights
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by nail-to-the-head on
Wednesday, 2nd June 2004 @ 08:44:57 PM AEST
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can see where your coming from i had insomnia, i cured it myself. but yeah its a nasty place to be. good write!
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Re: Sleepless Nights
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by Essentially9 on
Wednesday, 2nd June 2004 @ 09:51:11 PM AEST
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| an excellent write. |
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Re: Sleepless Nights
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by SwEeTpOeT288 on
Saturday, 31st July 2004 @ 09:40:04 PM AEST
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| nicely written.. hope ya get some sleep soon good luck! |
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