Poetry: Insomnia - by Melly Kenny

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by Melly Kenny

Created on: June 01, 2010

Tick,
Tock,
Tick,
Tock.

The clock goes round and round.
No matter how hard I try to dream,
I fail at sleeping sound.

The world seems to be silent,
Racing, spinning around.
There's no stopping time, it seems.
Nothing can drowned the sound.

If only I could close my eyes,
and dream the sweetest dreams.
Unfortunately all I see, is terrorising scenes.

Thoughts of money, stress and love,
all come crumbling down.
My mind needs to slow down pace,
I just don't know quite how!

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Take a pill for this and take a pill for that
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I’m trapped again in this dizzy dance
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Insomnia
No sleep.
No escape.
She is haunting the house now, moving like shadow;
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I wish to sleep, on heavy eyes
just one minute, please tantalize
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by C.M. Tucker

If windows would close long enough,

Maybe unexpected dreams would rise

And challenge pain

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