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Creative Insomnia

I switch off the light,

clamber slowly into bed,

snuggle up and close my eyes,

ready for another sleepless night:

thoughts and images rushing through my head,

until insomnia forces me to rise.

I think of ways to make me sleep,

to stop my thoughts being so deep.

Reading makes me think even more,

writing sometimes calms my mind,

but drawing frees my soul,

unlocks my hidden inner door,

opens eyes that have been blind,

makes me once again feel whole,

until sleep I no longer fight,

my insomnia I shed,

I close my heavy eyes,

and succumb to the night.

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