At night when the world is asleep
and darkness hinders the sight
a voice in my head starts to creep
with horde of questions, emerging to bite
flashing memories of gone days
multitude of what if’s, starts to grin
a virtual warzone, all set ablaze
wondering – tonight, which side will win?
will hatred triumph this very moment
or love will prevail, yet another time
struggling amidst these facets – potent
heed not devil nor his crime
consoling myself, pushing the doubts aside
one more night – I calm the beast raging inside.
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This is so incredibly powerful!💞 One goes through a world of pain to calm the ‘beast raging inside’ and in the end it’s our inner light that shuts out the realm of darkness 🙂
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True, Thanks Sanaa 🙂
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The moon effects the state of sleep. People tend to dream vividly at certain times according to the phases of the moon. Drown the raging beast inside with hot chocolate milk….you will sleep soundly:)
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Thanks Rall 🙂
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Anyone who can tame the beast raging inside is brave of heart indeed!
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Indeed, MMT, Thanks 🙂
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When I cannot sleep it is usually because my brain is deep in thoughts such as these….fabulous verse and lines to bring the reality close.
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Thank you Donna 🙂
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I think the whole world holds its breath, night after night, hoping it will make it through these troubled times.
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True Sherry, hoping better times are around. Thanks 🙂
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Our nightmares are so often twisted mirrors of the day(s) before…
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I totally agree, Bjorn. Thanks 🙂
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how disturbing our nights can be when battling such thoughts – well written as can feel the tension in these lines
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Thank you Laura 🙂
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Nice. The night is like a Big Bang of the mind.
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True and it expands in the same way. Thanks Colleen 🙂
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Oh that voice in the head, Neeraj – I don’t just get it at night! But the one at night its louder than the one in the daytime.
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Ah, I can imagine your situation, Kim. Thank you 🙂
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You are quite the slayer with your offerings of poetry. Love and light Neeraj
Thanks for dropping by my Sunday Standard today
Much🌼love
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Thank you Gillena 🙂
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It seems like a lot of us …are doing that lately. Well said!
ZQ
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True, ZQ. Thank you 🙂
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I love this internal battle. Powerful!
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Thanks Vivian 🙂
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It really is hard calming that raging beast inside sometimes. It is a struggle in these trying times. We cannot let hatred win!
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Yes indeed, we must keep it down. Thanks Mary 🙂
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I do so love rhyming – done well – and you have nailed it here. A stunning poem, beautifully constructed and rendered.
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Thank you Wendy 🙂
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Maybe if we all do our part, and a bit more, love will prevail. Its opposite has been winning to many battles. Too many battles…
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I agree, Magaly. If we all do our bit, we can make it better. Thanks 🙂
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This is SOOOO GOOOD! This night, one night at a time. And that last couplet spells victory.
(On a side note, it seems one night as a beast might be OK, too. I don’t know. It is better to survive sometimes than to express ourselves.)
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Thanks much Susan 🙂
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The devil will not go down quietly… the thinking mind is often a battlefield.
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True, Thank you 🙂
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i was thinking of video games when reading your poem because sometimes after some intense action on the console, the sleeping mind becomes a ‘virtual warzone’. No really, we do not know what trigger these emotions sometimes. In the past i have tried to take control of it and write a poem but most of it are too surreal. 🙂
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Thanks Dsnake 🙂
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How the night makes vivid the raging beast inside us, and sleep is elusive. We do tend to dwell on the ‘what if’ then and wage a war (inside us) of what is difficult or impossible to change.
We need, even if we don’t want,these internal battles – for only then can we find some peace of mind.
Thank you for making me think.
Anna :o]
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Thank you Anna 🙂
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