(Goodbye Ruby) Tuesday !!

Hi all its day 4 of 30 poems in 30 days...

Today is the turn of Joyful Jules Larvan...
Her poem is about the scourge of sleep that regularly
effects 1 in 3 of us at some time....

INSOMNIA
Oh the night, the night, is it friend or foe?I need you sleep my friend, please don't goYou see the darkness, it tries to devour meWith each second on the clock Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tock

So loud and annoying, as each sound echoes in my mindPlease sleep don't leave me, don't be so unkindI remember that the night use to be my friendWhen I would dance from dusk till dawn, hoping the night would never end

But now that is a distant memory locked deep inside my headAs I lay here tossing and turning in my king sized bedMy body screams at me, So tired, so tired.. sooo friggin tired and I can't take any more painAll I want is to fall back to sleep again

But my mind thinks that it is in a raceSo hyper and into overdrive That's when Insomnia shouts as loud as can beI'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive.. buzzing around like a bee

Ouch my bed feels like a lumpy rockThe princess and the pea folk tale comes into my headMaybe it's me that is so heavy and lumpy as as can be and not my bedCome back sleep, please I really need you

I didn't mean to get crossNow I understand that you really are simply the bossHow I wish I could wonder in dreams a newInstead I just lay here feeling cranky and blue

I am so tired of waking up in painThen not being able to fall back to sleep again!

Thanks Jules for sharing with us how insomnia makes you feel.


Interesting Facts About Insomnia

• Insomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders with approximately half of adults reporting having symptoms of insomnia occasionally.

• About 10 percent of people have experienced chronic insomnia.

• Insomnia is more likely to occur in women than in men.

• Insomnia is more likely to affect elderly adults. One of the possible causes of insomnia in the elderly is due to changes in the circadian rhythm, most notably advanced sleep phase disorder which causes elderly people to go to sleep earlier and rise earlier than most people.

• Insomnia is reported more among adults with children than those without

• Insomnia can be more likely in people who nap during the day, making sleep more difficult at night.

• People who are naturally more awake and alert may be more likely to suffer from insomnia.

• People that regularly use stimulants and alcohol may report symptoms of insomnia more often.

• People with poor sleep hygiene practices are more likely to report insomnia.

Poetry Challenge

NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.





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