Stray thoughts like stringless kites
Haunt my dreamless nights like ghosts
I close my eyes, willing my brain to sleep
Instead it chooses to torture me with thoughts
Thoughts that are best left alone for they only bring regrets
Lamentation, for all that I did wrong keeps me awake
Oh! Begone you who torment me endlessly
For it’s too late to fix what has already happened
Let me rest my weary soul and maybe tomorrow will be a better day
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Eugi has given us this prompt;
Your Weekly Prompt – Haunting – October 21, 2021
#Keepitalive
#EugisCauserie
Keep it alive 
To me, you seem like such a good and caring person and you should never encounter amy problems trying to sleep.
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Thank you Jim. You’re very kind. Like everyone else I also have troubling thoughts. But now they are less frequent than before.
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Beautifully done! Very well penned Sadje. Yes, some thoughts are “best left alone…lest they continue to keep us company.😊
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Thank you so much my friend
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Always a pleasure, my friend.
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💖
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Yeah! It’s true Sadje. Some thoughts disturb sleep but that time is the right time to speak to God.
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Yes, Jane late night you can unburden your feelings and talk to God.
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Absolutely true
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🙏🏼
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💜
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Those are a pain aren’t they
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Oh yes, very much so
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We all have such thoughts! Beautifully expressed, Sadje.
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Thanks a lot Punam.
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My pleasure, aapa.
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❤️😍🥰
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I thought you’d written kittens on that first line and I was so confused 😁
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Haha! That would make absolutely no sense!🤪
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That was beautifully written. Yes, I believe we all have thoughts that keep us awake from time to time.
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Thanks a lot EA
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Beautifully written, Sadje! I believe we all have troubling thoughts that interrupt our sleep.
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Thanks a lot Eugi. Yes we all do but thankfully not every night.
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Most welcome, Sadje!
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Indeed, this happens sometimes. You’ve captured the restless mind excellently, Sadje. Great poem.
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Many thanks Jeff.
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Welcome, my friend. Always my pleasure.
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🥰💖
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Nice job. I think the thoughts before sleep keep me awake far too often.
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Yes, I’ve noticed that you’re up late.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Too often circular negative thinking brings us down. When good sleep is evasive, get up – read something pleasant.
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🍁much love to your fear buddy
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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This!
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Insightful and brilliantly written
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I have been there on many nights. It is hard to shut off sometimes when we have been working so hard all day…I assume there has got to be a way to turn it all off, but I haven’t found it yet.
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It can only shut off with distraction. I play games on my phone till my mind is so tired that it cannot think.
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