POEM STARTER
Write a poem with the title “One Long Night”.
Night time settings are excellent for exploring a number of themes or events. What kind of experience might you write about?
One Long Night
Tossing and turning,
Unable to sleep,
Painful inner voices
Mocking on repeat.
I’m going insane,
I’m no longer sane,
All the people inside me
Won’t leave me be.
Blankets in a bunch,
Pillows thrown aside,
My bed is a mess,
I’m a mess inside.
This is gonna be
A very long night,
The worlds inside me,
Battling a horrid fight.
Tossing and turning,
Twitching in a craze,
Fog and clouds in my mind,
Stuck in a haze.
One long night
Leads to another,
Soon enough, I’ll be insane,
And you’ll all run for cover.
The clock’s slow ticking
Pushes me closer to the cliff’s edge,
You know what else is ticking?
The time bomb that is me.
_My insanity~_
One long night,
Two long nights,
One waged war,
One that rivals all fights.
One long night,
I’m going insane,
Say goodbye to the old me,
She died for being sane.
Tossing and turning,
Rolling in my grave,
How on earth did I get here?
I guess I did go insane.
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_One too many long nights…_