A Poem About Insomnia?

I haven't slept in days
My eyes they do so burn
There's nothing to say
When will I ever learn?

Sweet dreams, slumber
Must a slave I stay
My lids heavy as lumber
Will I be forever this way?

Insomnia, a bully you are
Stealing peaceful sleep
As I stare at bright stars
In your arms me you keep

No, No, No, I remember
A time when sleep came
It was last december
Before this Hurricane

You don't know what
you have til it's gone
Memories of eyes shut
Keep me drifting along...

As I write, as I write
This crappy poem.
 
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