Dear Midnight,
I write to you from bed;
a special place of sweat and twisted bedsheets,
nested deep
between awake and dreams.
I know you’re busy spreading sand
on others more deserving,
but please dear night, I pledge to you.
Please listen.
My pillow is regrets of tasks I’ve failed to do —
it’s spreadsheets, documents unread, mails
unanswered and a praise untold.
I know you
darkness well, I’ve heard you many times before;
your voice is scorn, a lecture:
“Repent, repent your day’s been spent
procrastinating, lazy, lazy you”
I know you’re right but please
dear night;
just bring me sleep, and I will powerpoint
tomorrow twice as hard.
I promise I will spreadsheet, document and
cease to Instagram.
Just bring forgetfulness and
let me sleep till dawn,
forever yours…
Today I host dVerse MTB and want you to write poetry in the form of a letter. The only requirements are, it should be addressed to someone, it should be written from a specific place, and you should have something to tell the recipient.
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March 1, 2018
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Really really like this…. no place like bed! Great words
The creativity in this post is mind blowing. Awesome write.
I liked the sound of this: “Repent, repent your day’s been spent”
Fantastic!
A wonderful letter to Midnight, Bjorn! I imagined you sitting in bed with a nightcap on your head, writing this letter poem with a quill!
I love the lines:
‘nested deep
between awake and dreams’;
‘My pillow is regrets of tasks I’ve failed to do’;
and
‘I know you
darkness well, I’ve heard you many times before;
your voice is scorn, a lecture’.
What a wonderful and amazing letter to Midnight. So much to regret, so many promises made if only, sleep will come! Been there, done that. The 4th stanza really gets me….so very true of us insominiacs.
What a cool idea to write to “Midnight.” That was really creative.
Love this line break: “it’s spreadsheets, documents unread, mails”
And this one:
“I know you
darkness well” … Because it makes me ponder the idea of a “darkness-well” being a thing … that you also know well.
This is my favorite part:
“just bring me sleep, and I will powerpoint
tomorrow twice as hard” … The idea of powerpointing tomorrow is pretty awesome.
Ha.. yes I will soon head to bed and hope I can sleep all the way through… but I might have to powerpoint tomorrow.
LOL. Well powerpoint is fun. Spreadsheets even. But not if you’re overwhelmingly tired, I guess.
So many of us can relate to this, Bjorn, well done!
Wow, I love the letter Bjorn ~ Bring us sleep and forgetfulness very soon! Was grinning at that part of I will powerpoint tomorrow and cease to Instagram…ha..ha..
Ah, please bring the sandman… Nothing like waking refreshed – which is a rare thing.
I like this writing from midnight in bed, I’ve often written poems in the night.
We do a lot of confessing in the darkest of midnight. Nice poem.
I loved the sandman putting sand in more deserving eyes!!
dwight
I think we all can identify with this letter. (K)
Oh, I love this letter! I had insomnia tonight so was wishing sleep would come and when I read this, I felt I know this feeling so well! You did a great job of capturing insomnia and the way we bargain the night away
Well-crafted with a natural (real) tone…also an inspiring example of what a letter poem could look like.
I’m with you in wishing midnight hears your plea … just remember to keep your end of the bargain!
Ha ha, sounds heartfelt!
It can be an endless circle of insomnia, procrastination, unfinished business and fatigue. I can definitely relate! I like the idea of writing to midnight, if only time would listen to our woes.
I think everyone can relate to this, Björn. A very creative letter!
I don’t often have this problem, but it is so difficult when you’re lying there awake thinking of all the things you should have done and still need to do. Somehow everything thing seems more urgent and extreme in the middle of the night.
I have the same affliction, but you express it so beautifully.
I relate to this so much – I was with you in your desperate sleepless twisting.
I read recently that writing a ‘to-do’ list for the following day before bed helps people get to sleep more quickly as the mind/ person knows what it has to do so ruminates and worries less. Worth a try?