Poetry Challenge - Day 4

For today's prompt, pick a type of person and write a poem about him or her. To help set the scene, you may want to title your poem as who the type of person is. For instance, you could write a poem titled "Firefighter," "Cynic," "Optimist," "Teacher," "2-year-old," etc. The list is endless.


The Insomniac

listen to that heartbeat
or is it the ear pulsing
the eyelash flickering
magnifying its own sound
a thousand fold - absurd
against the crisp pillow

the clock ticks like the eyelash
loud, 2am
heartbeat pulsed against the sheet

a dog barks
guess one and a half blocks away
guess the chain pulling against the throat
the grass wet, lit bright
the howl, choked
eyes wild and unseen

the clock ticks like the eyelash
loud,
heartbeat pulsed against the sheet

now
3:41

beat yourself with a brick to the head
too tired to really do it
hit yourself again and again
until the brick hits
and lands softly

white night
whites behind the eyes
no blood
no bleeding
just this relentless living




(wow. that was DARK)