No Sleep At All Poem by Doris Cornago

If you turn your face away in anger

Because I've misunderstood your way

If you clamp your mouth in derision

Would I lose faith, not a minute stay?

The more I will try to ask please why

There are less and less of time spent

What caused this silence, this breach?


You are a most beautiful being

In your anger most beautiful still

As your face show the upturned brow

The full lips grow larger with grief

I feel your heart's fullness for me

Yes even when your fingers squish

My heart so much with scolding words...


You asked why I do not understand you

Often you had tell me just to let go

Said hours you spend are for both of us

For our future, when we need to escape

We can take the boat, go to the island

Our Secret Place, have you long forgot

How lovely the last time we visited?


My eyes are full of sand from crying

My heart is bursting with salty waters

I tried to hold your hand to stop fear

Of losing a grip on us, but you said

Do not be so emotional, we are okay

Just give me time to recover from load

Lots of phone calls, no sleep at all...