On this day…5 years ago Janet Jackson released her chart-topper ‘No Sleeep’….

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𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧‼️ Today, marks "𝖭𝗈 𝖲𝗅𝖾𝖾𝖾𝗉" 5𝗍𝗁 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖺𝗋𝗒 released June 22, 2015, 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 "𝖴𝖭𝖡𝖱𝖤𝖠𝖪𝖠𝖡𝖫𝖤", 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗧s 11𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝖻𝗎𝗆. "𝐍𝐨 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐞𝐩" rose to number one position on 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐑&𝐁 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝100 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 Spending twelve consecutive weeks atop the chart, it becoming 𝗝𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗧s most successful Adult R&B Song, surpassing "I Get Lonely" (1998), which spent five weeks at number one. – – – – – – – – – #JanetJackson #JanFam #Janetslook #musiclegend #mondayvibes #musicmondays #musicMonday

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Five years ago today, @janetjackson released her first single #NoSleeep off of the number one album #Unbreakable 🙌🏾🖤🎶 #Queen #JanetJackson #JCole #RnB #2015 #June22

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Here is a little piece I’m working on inspired by…

Nocturnal Lament

The dark chases away the

Pain from the harsh light of day

Moving stealthily from room to

Room.

Dragging the sheets on the cold

Hardwood.

Longing, searching for clarity.

Sleep evades…

The mind is still busy…

Planning

Thinking

Stressing

Worrying about what’s to come

And what has gone by…

Too scared to say.

Afraid to dare to be happy.

What if I let my mind run

Free.

Free to be in a state of calm.

Sleep come to me.

I need you.

I’m tired of running this marathon and placing

Last.

Shadows grow.

Was that thunder?

The clap before a light downpour.

The walls grow moist.

The dank corners hide the shame.

Memories flow.

48 hours of longing…

Every second seems like forever.

Sleep, come to me easy.

Come to me slowly…

The plush cover of the cloak of night.

Hush…be still.

Save the fight.

Calmness, then the fall..

-Zam Zhinga

http://www.theGamutt.com