Never-ending Night

  The photos below have nothing to do with the poem written underneath them. I just thought I'd share what is in bloom here and add a little color to my blog. The bleeding hearts and lilacs are growing in my yard.  I photographed the daffodils in one of our nearby metro parks. I hope you enjoy seeing them. 

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Never-ending Night

I'm exhausted.

I think I will fall right to sleep...but I don't.

I think my brain

will quiet down and quit its rant...but it won't.

Instead, it hits rewind so I can hear 

every conversation replayed from the day.

It reminds me of what I said,

and of what might have been better to say.

I worry, fret, and deal with regret,

but you can live each day only once.

I fuss and fume about the things,

over which I have no control.

Stop brain, stop! You're driving me mad.

This sleep deprivation is taking its toll.

First, minutes pass,

and then they turn into hours,

and there's no sleep in sight.

Restless; I toss, squirm, and sigh,

trying to wish away

the never-ending night.

My thoughts are rumbling,

chaotic, in a spin.

And just as I finally start to doze,

the alarm jangles and jeers,

"Wake up, wake up. No sleep for you.

It's time to begin again."

Tricubes: Therapy, Peaceful Pond, Elusive, Sleepless Night, Curtain's Up!

Tricubes are a form of poetry that was recently discussed in Robert Lee Brewer's poetry blog. According to his column, "the rules of Tricubes are:

• Each line contains three syllables.
• Each stanza contains three lines.
• Each poem contains three stanzas."

I've been practicing this poetry form and having some fun with it. There are no rules for them as far as meter or rhyme, but I like adding rhyme to them. They are quick and easy to write, so I wrote several. I posted them with some of my photos to help bring them to life.

Therapy

Yellow birds

adorn shrubs.

Time to eat.

Red berries

draw them in,

juicy sweet.

My green eyes

watching them:

life complete.

Peaceful Pond

Turtles perch

on a log

in the sun.

Ducks circle,

bottoms up,

splash for fun.

Bullfrogs croak.

Sun goes down.

Day is done.

Elusive

Enchanted

dragonfly,

grace in flight.

Gossamer

wings reflect 

the sunlight,

help her to

flit away

out of sight.

Sleepless Night

Train rumbles

far away

down the track.

Keeps going,

chug-a-chug,

can't turn back.

Lullaby

late at night,

click-click-clack.

Curtain's Up!

Theater 

marquee lights

can't compare

as sunset's

orange glow

fills the air.

Neon sky

steals the show

on town square.