Dear Milly my heart goes out to you. The body is so tired but the mind won't shut down. Tossing and turning and completely exhausted the next day. I have been dealing with this for years now and I am awake pulling my hair. Makes me wonder sometimes who and what keeps me up. Hope you get some rest and and may my hug comfort you somewhat.

Miss Milly a well told rhyming tale, that resonates only too well with me. before I go o bed, can hardly keep eyes open at times, then get into bed and cant sleep. Madness!
Well written
Much love
M :)x

Milly this is just superb! I'm so glad it's nominated. This is just so relatable and brilliantly penned :-) x
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Ah Milly, I feel your pain! Well done with this, so very relatable with many of us. I hope you are well- hugs-

I really enjoyed this poem from you milly. The rhyming was well done and did not seem forced at all. This reads like a prayer for sure, and I know a lot of people do what they can to try and fall asleep, and this way seems to be the most comfortable for you to do.

Ah, The sandman is widely known as the one who helps people fall asleep, so I like the way you started this poem off, You want to fall asleep but you do not want it to become too late in the night to do so. You want to sleep long enough for you to feel rested and awake when sunrise comes.

If you have bad dreams you want an angel to come protect you no matter what. This tells me that sometimes you do have nightmares when you actually do fall asleep. I loved how you used the angels and demons and wraith here because you can feel the emotion and pain that you are feeling. You believe in angels and demons, so it ties all together well with the title. Your prayer, so including demons and angels makes since. I see the angel as being a metaphor for a pleasant dream and the demon as a nightmare.

I like how the poem swings a different direction here, because you are praying for anything to help you fall asleep, you are willing to try anything that comes to mind. You have tried counting sleep (another cliché), but it works well because anything could help at this point. Your body is fatigued so that tells me you have had very little sleep in the last few days, or perhaps none at all.

The imagery in the last line is really well done because you show a reality when a person does not get any sleep at all. As in the red eyes, the headache and the fatigue in general. I really liked the simplicity of this poem, because it speaks a truth for anyone who can relate to it. well done

Insomnia is something I can relate to. I admit that normally it's through worry and not through pain. I can't really imagine what it's like to suffer this way. It must feel like hell. Everyone who would normally offer a kind word is aslrep. Minutes and hours move by slowly as you wait for the sun to rise.
Mr Sandman is one of my favourite songs, so using this to describe a serious topic helps to soften the tone.
I enjoyed this. X

I can relate to this and feel the aches and the over bearing tiredness
hope you do get some restful sleep...take care

Preaching to the choir with this one Mills.

Insomnia is a git. Don't know about anyone else but when it hits, thoughts flow and you become angry or upset and it just makes things worse.

Sending hugs

Craig