Insomnia

Closing my eyes seemed so surreal

I saw faces close enough to touch

Sleep strangely had lost its appeal



Untouched fear I didn't think I could feel

Intense and eidetic, it became too much

Closing my eyes seemed so surreal



The will to let go had killed its zeal

I want to stop using it as a crutch

Sleep strangely had lost its appeal



It wasn't soft breezes and waves of teal

But haunting faces, places and such

Closing my eyes seemed so surreal



Afraid my logic was a faulty shield

I arose from beneath my blanket's clutch

Sleep strangely had lost its appeal



The sun coming up, I'll have to deal

With a morning where I'll drowse too much

Closing my eyes seemed so surreal

Sleep strangely had lost its appeal

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A villanelle

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