Sleepless Nights



Your thoughts hold
 My heart prisoned
 And my sleep eludes
 As scenes in me unfold.

 I stand at a cross-road
 Again read your letters
 The love each word exudes
 Leaves me arms crossed and cold.

 It's been a fortnight
 That my soul relished not a sleep
 My hollow inside concludes
 You stole my sleep-right.

 I must have stole yours too
 For the mail man again
 Out there in the rain
 Has dropped the inked-you.

 My sleepness night continues
 As I await your coming news
 A million miles away
 For the day, I earnestly pray.
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Submitted on November 25, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 505
Words 94
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

GOODNESS LANRE

Born on the 2nd March, 1989,lives in Abeokuta City in Nigeria. A teacher of English Language,a poet and writer of other genres of literature. Loves to work with Great minds more…

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