NaPoWriMo Day 10 – Insomnia (Nonet)

Thanks to my friend Marian who laid down a challenge on Facebook to write a ‘Nonet’ – instructions as follows:

‘A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second has eight, and so on until you get to the last line, which has just one syllable.‘

Here’s my effort, describing a problem I’m way too familiar with:

Insomnia

Thoughts and worries waken me each night
I lie awake and curse the mind,
(or should I say the demons?)
that torture me this way.
Why is it so hard
for me to find
a peaceful,
good night’s
sleep?

Linda Rushby 10 April 2022

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