Insomniac Night

from Speaking of Love by Ami Mattison

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lyrics

Insomniac Night

When the insomniac night finally ends,
I am here as I have always been, watching
light break the dark horizon, trying to keep
time with some rhyme and reason.

Should I let go and abandon this dreaming?
Or dare I walk towards the dawning of a new day
measured by the sway of my uncertain movement

towards a vague destination where I might find
some tangible sign for living

like the pulse
of a lover
waiting for me there.

Incessant is my desire to name these dark roads,
to scan the landscape of my vision
so I might know if I’m coming
or going.

Incessant is my need for what I cannot name,
for what’s been lost, what’s been gained.

Feel the sacrifice.

Fear.

Passion.

Power.

I am helpless
against this blinding,
limitless,
unceasing
need.

There is no map to mark the wanderings of a soul
made restless by insatiable desire to stay
the winding course towards
what eludes it.

Incessant,
I will die
if i must,
but I will not
give up.

credits

from Speaking of Love, released February 10, 2017
Written and performed by Ami Mattison

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Ami Mattison Nashville, Tennessee

“A spoken word force to be reckoned with” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), Ami Mattison is “a powerhouse poet...sexy, funny, funky, and yet substantive." (TheTennessean).

Touring since 2002, Mattison has performed at various art venues, festivals, conferences, colleges, and universities throughout the US and Canada. ... more