I am familiar with "white nights" devoid of restful sleep. I can relate. Thank you, Lily. Love and best wishes,

Regis

I know what it's like not to be able to sleep, I've had this happen more than once.

Gail

Too many people have overactive minds. This covers the despair very well.

Di

A restless mind is a wasted mind without sleep. You can't solve the problems so you need to sleep my dear. Very nicely written

Edith

This is so recognizable for all if us. We all have it from time to time that we can not sleep because of the thoughts spinning around in our head and nothing can stop it. And while we are tossing and turning, the blankets become hotter with every turn, what makes the spinning in your head even go faster and stronger

Beautifully penned Carolee

Evocative in imagery and whimsy ~
Blessings,
Christine

At times, I too undergo toss n turn....well penned :)

The kinship of restless minds is a phenomena that evades the mediocrity of sentient abandonment. But as your poem demonstrates for all to contemplate: the great way is not difficult for those who have no preference. Arresting and provocative.

i'm totally with you here, Lily,
that internal eternal tossing and turning..
infuriating;
well penned

john

Great work! Oh, how I understand!

Love ya!

Jane

a restless mind needs to learn how to shut itself down ... something i still have yet to learn ...

A restless mind is a terrible thing to have, as I know from personal experience...if not for anti-depressants and such, I would never sleep...e

Carolee, A restless mind I had years ago, went six days with barely
any sleep...Enjoyed!

Always,
Deborah

Those restless minds that sap our body of vitality so needed to face each day! Well done wonderful and thought provoking

Mark

We have all had restless minds my dear ones that keep us awake. Very well written.

I bow and tip my hat to you

Cyrano

Lily,
that sleep thing, it's such a piece of work isn't it! I am a night owl always burning the midnight oil, but when I do go to sleep I sleep like a baby. When the mind is restless, you are right there is no hope for a good nights slumber.

Great quote also!

Peace, love and light,
Amber

I like the line "Desert dryness no escape" for the endlessness that image makes. The gold rings being rigged and the teasing toss of keep-away the whitecaps play. The vision of "A body steamrolled paper thin" is a fabulous way to express how flattened we get with fatigue or weights of perceived problems. That image reminds me of the old wringer-washers which had two rollers through which to feed the textile articles and that is how a person can feel....all the juice, shape and dimension squeezed right out of us. Great words! ~~ Diana

Lily,
when one is in that place nothing helps to bring you to a sereen place. expertly portraied.
Budd

I hate it when that happens.

Ah, the restless mind and the horror that can certainly bring to the one so afflicted. The restless mind is a marvelous way of capsuling it, because the mind will dart here and there and under and over, never sitting still long enough to find the peace which is right in from of it.

Wonderful poetry, Carol. Hah! Love the photo!