. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Big Stan's monologue

Monday, May 15, 2023

Big Stan's monologue

 


(A grieving soul whispers)


Tonight 

I pray to dream


But here I lay


Feverish 

Pitched in a grey tent of fatigue


Like a weary soldier 

Suffering from PTSD 


Laid out 

Like a green funeral wreath


Begging for eternal

sleep


On mountains

Of sweat stained white sheets


But sleep never comes 

To climb to the summits of my peaks


So here I am


Just another lost

Soul


Crying for mercy and salvation 


Bleating 

Amongst the insomnia masses


Like a weary grief stricken sheep  


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


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