sleeplessness – Poetic Meanderings

Insomnia

“O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?” ― William Shakespeare The thoughts just cycle, a continuous din, and no counting of sheep can quiet the waves of faces and questions, what ifs and whatContinue reading “Insomnia”

Awakening Thanks

Grief-lined faces fill my mind … scattering my dreams as I shun sleep again…. I know this worn path; once smooth stones become unclimbable when in weakness we bear every affliction alone. Hefting our own pains, we laden on struggles of others, barnacles of immense weight, but there is ease when we release all miseryContinue reading “Awakening Thanks”