Insomnia

This INSOMNIA is a living nightmare

Laying awake, restless
spastic from debilitating fatigue
I wish for a deep trance, a crash,
a blanked out demise
all I see now are lightning bolts beneath
my lids
twiches trapped like high powered volts
under a thin layer of delicate skin.

My windows to the world
they burn
they swell
they tear
those 8 hours straight
use to be my only sweet indulgence
a lusting devotion to my dreams.

I need brain food
to treat this grave mood
A dent in my pillow
not my snooze button
so...
I need to escape from myself
my reflections
my plaguing torments
my distress
my heartache
that leave me unpeaceful
stagnant epileptic anxieties
should leave me drowsy
but all I know are silent minutes pass
stretching lines into the night
until finally the twilight
brings me to REM

-M.Peña