Insomnia Poem by Breonna Mitchell

2024 3/18/24
4: 50 am….

Why can't I sleep!
Why can't I sleep!
Why can't I sleep!
Insomnia.
You say there is no reason for me not to sleep
But you have no idea what I have seen
You do not hear my silenced screams
You don't know how it feels to try to break free
From who you are and who you used to be
You have no idea how it is to be me.
I scream and scream and try to break free
From the grasp my demons have on me
I beg for mercy as my body begs for sleep
My eyes swollen and gleaming with plea
As I try to write what I wish I could dream
But I never dream, not anymore
All my dreams were put through the floor
But I cannot take anymore.
Will insomnia be the death of me or will it be me?
My insomnia fought my nightmares and won
Now the damage has already been done
For sleep and I are not one
And I will always remember what I have done and what I've seen
And that is why I cannot be freed!
Oh how it feels to be me.
Insomnia