Ren! What a captivating write! I have been past that place, hehe, cause I actually have work during the night and sleep during the day. Times when all you do is stare at the moon at wish that it will lull you to sleep. :-) Beautiful piece.

Ren
I love this little piece sadly though, as I know this myself. I worry about trying to sleep!
Great write

Michael :)x

I know this feeling all too well and the one where you dozed downstairs then go to bed and bam... Wide awake lol

Great little piece

Ah, Ren, I've been in that very same purgatory myself on more than one occasion. Like all the other purgatories I hear about, it's far from amusing, is it?

Great piece,

Ben

Very relatable & well written, great job xx

That feeling is so irritating.

A nice little write, Ren.

I really enjoy this piece. Because like a lot of people i can relate to this. I find a lot of times a simple poem structure is the best and you did well here. The rhyming and the wording work well through out to convey the message you are writing.

This seems to be about a person who has trouble sleeping (obviously) but... there is a hidden meaning as to why in my opinion. Being restless to me means you are overthinking about a lot in your head and that leaves you frustrated. You try to count sheep (an old but good cliche), but nothing seems to help you. I like the emotion you bring to each stanza here. The first half, you are more on the sad side, but the second half you seem to relax a little more because you accept the fate of not being able to sleep.

I thought the title worked well too. Because it is true that not being able to sleep is purgatory to most. Even if you are a night person. But its always a battle. Anyways great write overall!

Ren, I totally identify with this as I am sure a lot of us do on this site. Nicely rhymed throughout. Well done-

Insomnia is a real common thing these days isn't it? And the weird thing is that our ideas to write about it often come while it's happening.

I really like this poem, but there's one really cool thing about it that stuck out for me: there's more syllables in each line at the end of the poem than at the beginning. It kind of reinforces the idea that attempting to sleep is getting harder and harder the more you try. Whether you consciously did that or not doesn't matter. What matters is that it's there and that it adds a little hidden gem for us to find, which is something I'm a big fan of.

The title would also make for an awesome band name!

Thanks for sharing your work with us all :)

I'm familiar with the feeling.

Beautiful write.

This is amazing. If I had the power to nominate I would. The rhyme is flawless. Short, sweet, and relatable.
-Alec

Edit: Nevermind! Its nominated!

I visit this purgatory almost every night. Even with ''assistance'' its hard for me to catch a good night's rest. And the ''assistance'' causes some pretty vivid loopy dreams.

Needless to say, well written relatable piece.

God I love this. Your poetry is so simple and spot on perfect!

Nani

Love this. Perfect little read at 3:30AM lol

Look how much buzz this is generating!