Sleepless Nights by Barbara Schilling Hurwitz

Entangled thoughts clash

in the darkened room

should do, could do, must do, might.

Explosion of energy illuminates

my mind like fireworks

in the night sky

preventing rest as hours tick past

while struggling

to prioritize actions.

Somewhere in the calliope of thoughts

my mind drifts off

until the sun shines

through the open window

fresh air and fresh thoughts awaken.

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Barbara Schilling Hurwitz is a veteran teacher who has found a new voice through creative writing. Her works have been published in several online and print journals including Washington Writer’s Publishing House Writes #9, The Writers Rock Quarterly, Potato Soup, The Drabble, Micorfiction Monday, and several Pure Slush anthologies. She lives with her husband in Chevy Chase, Maryland and NYC.