Realm of Somnus


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Exhausted” by: rob kistner © 3/4/24

 
E xhaustion hangs heavy
anchored ‘round my neck
I cannot stand nor straighten
pinned ‘neath enervation’s wreck
cannot lift this weight
by which my soul’s bound
no energy remains
to carry this burden ‘round
into the slumber realm of Somnus
I sink fathoms fathoms down


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Realm of Somnus”
by: rob kistner © 3/4/24

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse
 



26 thoughts on “Realm of Somnus”

  1. It is so very hard to hold on to awkeness, and the somnus seems to pull us down when we really shouldn’t sleep.

  2. It can be like a vicious circle….the heaviness holding us down, causing lack of sleep, therefore the heaviness…and so on.
    Last night at a suicide loss support group, the topic was heaviness of grief, and in what part of the body we hold it. So many said in the shoulders. We can only carry so much weight.
    Love your quadrille, Rob.

  3. The comment above mine, you are so on target. Older, older … resistance is futile. (really dangerous to begin an online game of solitaire on an ipad.)

  4. Awesome, thanks also for sharing some music again.
    4th word, might be my lack of knowlegde or you meant to write “anchored”.
    Love this line “pinned ‘neath enervation’s wreck”.

    1. Thank you Jan, both for the compliment and for pointing out the fact that I’ve proofread that piece about 10 times and every time missed the fact that I was reading anchored but it’s not what I had written. It’s amazing how the mind will insert things that are there if the mind is anticipating it to be there.

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