Intermittent blue-brightness
Unsteady sparkles
* * * Fluorescent flashes * *
Insomniac Amelia pretends to sleep
Blaring lines propagate inside closed eyelids
Dizzying roller-coaster glow-rides
Amelia deep-dives in psychedelic night
Gleaming clock-light marks minutes
with brassband effusion
Confusion * Distortion
Moody hallucinations
Exhausted, Amelia decides to STOP
* * Electric spirals fight her desires
Amelia imposes a waltz dance
* A rainbow-on-acid offers a ride
Amelia thinks of dawn
Monettian smoothness
Satie-an soft-piano fades away
Amelia sleeps…
_____Adriana Citlali
XXXI-I-MMXVII
It is interesting that she was able to get to sleep by thinking about the dawn.
Yeah, dawn seem to be a remedy against insomnia. 🙂
Lights and colours flash right through this poem!
Thank you! I’m glad it works.
Truly a psychedelic experience — the flash of colour, imagery, language. Well done.
Thank you, Lorraine.
Oh, the cruelty of insomnia. You describe it so vividly, and lyrically. Lovely poem. 💜
A very fresh style – lovely!
Insomnia – when only dawn can make you sleep… the psychedelic swirl made it feel painful
I’m glad Amelia finally managed to sleep. Otherwise, she would have kept me writing. Haha!
Painfully vivid!
Good thing she was able to finally sleep ~ Hate it when I have insomnia ~ Take care ~