Awake (1) The Insomniac's Night

It's been six months and Taylor hasn't slept for a minute of it. 

His girlfriend (Kate) is unaware of his extreme insomnia and leaves him overnight while she is away on a business trip. In her absence Taylor's sleep deprivation turns to psychosis. 

Now alone he imagines his household appliances tormenting him. 

Until he decides to act.

Awake is a film I discovered three years ago, and it was so disturbing that it inspired me to write this five-act poem:

There are no boundaries

Of night and day for you –

No place where rosaries

May say a prayer for you.

You see piano sheets

Like lazy autumn leaves,

But do not hear the streets

Of errant rustling leaves.

No matter sitting up

Or standing bowed as lead,

No matter coffee cup

She takes you know is lead.

So laying down awake

Is hell as hell shall make.

Awake, Act 1. The Insomniac's Night © Ron Villejo