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# The Fifth Wall
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-fifth-wall/
- Published: 2024-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Awake, the words are swirling in a maelstrom and fighting off the sentences they're given. Insomnia, that's where I get these tales from. Fall into bed, in hopes to be forgiven, if only for one night, but no reprieve....
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Awake, the words are swirling in a maelstrom  
and fighting off the sentences they're given.  
Insomnia, that's where I get these tales from.  
Fall into bed, in hopes to be forgiven,  
if only for one night, but no reprieve.  
Past midnight, I am staring at the ceiling,  
and struggling: to give or to receive,  
then try the sentence one more time, with feeling.  
A volta flashes, an unlikely spark,  
exhaustion, or a touch of inspiration?  
Whatever, I'm still lying in the dark,  
and truth be told, awash in perspiration.  
A blink, and I pass out, sleep gave no warning.  
The writing down will have to wait till morning.