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CRIMINAL SLEEP |
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By the break of day the werewolf transformations have regressed back to my primordial cauldron inside O, restless lonely nights! What price could be paid what jewel could be pawned for sleepful, dreamless quiet? “Turn back,” I say, to Hands of Time so that all the mistakes could be undone and never done. At what point was it too late To find mercy and forgiveness, To embrace peace and contentment, To slumber very still Not ripping the blankets from the bed But stop, now, memories of night. The new daybreak blinds the past and pushes me forward I will start the day again but I will never sleep again I will never be at peace again I can only weep I can only criminal sleep. --CRONIN DETZZ Back to main page |
| CRIMINAL SLEEP written 3-23-96 by Cronin Detzz |
| Inspiration This poem has some duality, and uses the differences between awake and sleep, and also night and day. During the day, this person forgets about the sins of the night, just as a werewolf is human by day and an evil monster by night. There is much regret in this poem ("at what point / was it too late / to find mercy and forgiveness"). Again with the duality theme, we see that in addition to regret there is also a desire to forget past sins and just accept one's own flaws: "The new daybreak / blinds the past / and pushes me forward." |