Friday, 9 August 2013

Insomnia

I have lain awake
sucking at the roots
of slumber, greedy for
oblivion's sweet draught, 
seeking a dream.

Instead, memories
cascade shadows
across my soul
in the dark, they flash
entreaty or retreat.

Emotions burn and wheel
in demented concert,
reality is not oblivion
but grasping at 
some ideal.


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