Do you ever feel like your things are disappearing? That whenever you turn your head something has been stolen. Here is a poem about those things, those stolen things.

Stolen Things

How I need them

How I long for them

How I miss them

Sleep,

Oh, wonderful sleep,

Taken from me

Stolen from me

Gone

I have been deprived of sleep

My precious sleep

It has been stolen from me many a time

But yet I cannot get it back

When I catch the thief,

It is gone,

Unable to be returned

Even though I desperately need it

Stolen Things

How I need them

How I long for them

How I miss them

Time,

Whenever I look it is gone,

Missing

Stolen

Perhaps it is stolen by the same thieves who have taken my sleep

Perhaps not,

I do not know,

But what I do know is when I find these thieves I will make them pay,

Suffer for the pain I have had to go through because I know,

That I will never get it back

My valuable possessions,

Once stolen,

Can never be returned

The thieves,

Those heartless thieves,

Take my sleep and time away

And I am sad for I know I will never see them again,

Goodbye my wonderful things

Gone,

Forever

Never to come back to me,

That is the way it is

Although they are gone, I still have more of them

A never ending source 

Like the water in the oceans and seas

Until the end of the earth

Or in my case, my life

Stolen Things

How I need them

How I long for them

How I miss them

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  • clay hurtubise on Apr 2, 2009

    A good vacation may recover those things!
    Thanks,
    Clay

  • Ruby Hawk on Apr 2, 2009

    I do hope you recover soon, sleep is a must have.

  • Fresh Writing on Apr 2, 2009

    Boy, do I know that feeling…

    Cool poem- I agree with Ruby; sleep is a must-have (though unfortunately stolen by teachers and professors! :P )

    Quality poem…I’m looking forward to reading more.

    -Fresh Writing

  • Erin Cree on Apr 3, 2009

    So true. Time seems to slip away from me at a tremendous rate. Excellent poem.
    Erin

  • manya on Apr 4, 2009

    i loved the repeat effect created by the phrase! And yes, in today’s fast paced world, we are so involved and engrossed in our work that we let basic pleasures like sleep and time with family slip away!
    -Manya

  • amilia snow on Apr 5, 2009

    Guess the only thing we can do is to let go of those “stolen things”, move on & appreciate whatever we possess now, before it’s too late~

  • California Dreamer on Jun 3, 2009

    Nice, I have sit and sometimes wondered, what would it be like to actually have ONE good nights sleep… :)

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