A Sleepless Night

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A gutsy, gusty wind blows hard against my window pane,

Rattling the blinds, klonk, klonk, klonkity, klonk

And sleep stretches further and further away

Almost out of reach…

My mother was a worrier most of her life;

If it wasn’t ‘your father’, it was ‘you children’

But she did have peace after he had left,

Peace that ‘passeth all understanding’* which I,

Only now, fully comprehend.

The lamp shows it to be one thirty ay em

As I rise to close the outer door, Cat’s only escape route

From the prison of my home…

The wind has changed to sensuous sounds of the sea

Swelling, washing, back and forth, back and forth,

Calming, soothing and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Comes to mind as I drift away on the vast sea of eternity.

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©Denise G Allen, 20 June 2014 01:05

* http://biblehub.com/philippians/4-7.htm

Sleepless

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Tossing and turning most of the night

First on the left side then on the right

Gripped by cramps that would not let go

Magnesium tablets are all that will do

To ease muscles in spasm contracting at will

Leaving me helpless and out of control

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©Denise G Allen, 20 February 2013 05:35

Sleepless

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The inky blackness of the night
Is warm and cloying on my skin
Blanket-like it covers me
I find it difficult to breathe

Clotted air weighs heavily
Upon my body as I lie
Presses down against my breast
A spectral lover in the dark

Would that you’d return to me
Hold me in your gentle arms
Stroke me with your loving touch
And be the one I miss so much

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©Denise G Allen, 21 January 2013 13:08