Sleep!
How I treasure it;
From the toils and troubles
Of every day life.
The softness of dark
That so eludes me;
I pray for blessed
Sleep!
Too many hours
In the day light,
That fill my mind
With the chores of my house.
Sleep!
I want to escape
Into a dream world
And forget all else.
Life has become
Too much for me;
All I want to do
Is Sleep!
Insomnia precludes all
And wreaks havoc;
Causing wide eyed stares
Into nothingness.
Sleep!
If only I could;
My mind is too busy,
And won't let me be calm.
Thinking of this and that,
And worrying too much,
I try to close my eyes,
Still I cannot Sleep!
Neurons firing too much
And white noise invades.
Headaches come and go,
No matter what I take.
Sleep!
Please come my way;
I wish upon the stars
For slumber ever more.
The sensation of slowness
And softly falling
Into a restfulness
Of Sleep!
Jann Newland
©September 2005
