[New Poet] Looking for critique or just thought on this poem I have no one to give me feedback

“Somniferous”

Gentle suede, forbidden wool tainted when made.

Ominous dreams intrigued all be

Repent for inciting dreary silenced sheep.

Lethargic needs, my bones rot with ease

Sleep I must, this awakenness too much for one man with troubled knees.

Weak, limp, and busy. too much to write not enough time to listen.

Somnoptic visions create small incisions

My head filled with words, the weight of all mens provisions.

Cursed to lay in this limbo of decision.

My mind goes silent, ends with a new page written.

Somniferous- to induce sleep

Awakenness- aware it’s not a word but felt it captured the activity of being awake past necessary.

Somnoptic- word I made somno meaning sleep- and optic as in (seeing) Meant to be seeing clearly in sleep or visions while sleeping

Posted Apr 9, 2025, 8:32 PM UTC

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