3am

Cherry

By onemorething

Tue, 30 Jul 2019
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4 comments
 

Memory loss fortunate at 3am,

a gnawing of recollection,

sensory fleeting, flicker,

a string of thought stirs

then slips away,

thief of sanctuary,

white-knuckled hold

on sheet slackens.

 

Blink, drink, glance at clock;

same time as always - make mental note

to conjure some anxiety from this later.

 

Think: perhaps the moon is not a moon,

but a hole punched through the night sky -

should write it down before I forget this too.

 

Wrack brain again

for recall, strain at a void,

yet something brooding,

get up, observe in mirror,

wonder whose alien face is

looking back, momentary,

smoothe face with familiar hand,

soothe, quell and quieten

the primitive with radio,

World Service; anything

to fill the space 

that darkness occupies.

 

Image from pixabay.

 

 

Certificate PG
Poem
Horror

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Moments when thoughts and feelings take hold, needing to capture them if only for a poem or a piece of writing, even when they cause anxiety this can be a form of art.

A though provoking poem which captured my imagination.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Thanks Jenny, it felt good to sketch out this little series of moments, though I don’t feel so anxious about it anymore, I’ve got used to waking up and not really remembering what I was dreaming these days! Thank you for reading it. :)

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

You listen to World Service too! Sometimes cannot sleep al night and it is comforting listening to them talking, knowing they are al awake too. You have conjured the teetering fragile feeling of being very tired and unable to sleep, like an island in a huge silent sea of sleeping minds

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Having sleep issues of any kind is very upsetting, but yes I don’t like to be awake in the dark in silence and the radio does make me feel less stranded. Also my furry pal, always reliable. I am not often awake  all night now, just occasionally, I’m sorry you are, it’s dreadul. My main issue now  is waking at 3am, knowing I’ve had a nightmare, instantly losing the memory of it and then having to coax myself back to sleep! Thank you for reading this. :)