Insomnia & A Bed of Nails-poem by Andrea Laws

a living abyss sleep keeps alive             bed of rusty nails caress inches of flesh eyes become heavy with no satisfaction damn moon blinding insomnia trance sun black shadows conquer cold sheets warm wakeful dreams resurface with dusk             as scars repent to another battle lost My name is Andrea Laws, and I reside in Lawrence, KS, working professionally for the University Press of Kansas. My poetry has been published in three compiled books of poetry and on five literary websites and magazines. In my spare time I volunteer as an Associate Editor for Bewildering Stories, reading short fiction submissions. I also freelance as a screenwriter. Poem by Andrea Laws Drawing by Janne Karlsson