Sleep
Ever elusive
My mind a buzz of activity
Thought filled
Obstructions
Inhabiting my mind
Bouncing around in my head
Like a fire cracker set alight
Creating a space not conducive to sleep
I pray that slumber will come
Sweet rejuvenating slumber
My eyes are heavy
My head it aches
My feet shuffle with frustration
The harder I try
The more awake I become
I surrender!!!
I give up!
I stop trying!
Light goes on
I open a book
Read comforting words
Invasive thoughts evaporate
A glass of warm milk
Is slowly consumed
I am now ready
I have lassoed slumber
I've got it in my grip
And now I sleep!
Picture is not mine it is from Google Images
My mind a buzz of activity
Thought filled
Obstructions
Inhabiting my mind
Bouncing around in my head
Like a fire cracker set alight
Creating a space not conducive to sleep
I pray that slumber will come
Sweet rejuvenating slumber
My eyes are heavy
My head it aches
My feet shuffle with frustration
The harder I try
The more awake I become
I surrender!!!
I give up!
I stop trying!
Light goes on
I open a book
Read comforting words
Invasive thoughts evaporate
A glass of warm milk
Is slowly consumed
I am now ready
I have lassoed slumber
I've got it in my grip
And now I sleep!
Picture is not mine it is from Google Images
you do have an imagination! a wonderful way to describe a restless sleep!
ReplyDeletep.s. thank you for stopping by my bloghome. please come often. :-)
Great Post! as always. Check out my poem about sleep http://25champ.blogspot.com/2010/01/darkness.html this my be right up ur alley.
ReplyDeleteI've had nights like this and last night was one. So I'm working with sleepy eyes this morning. Hope you get some zzz's tonight : )
ReplyDeleteOh, all I have to do is begin reading after 7 PM and I am out, lol, with of course a tip of whiskey in my tea :)
ReplyDeleteNice Katherine! Is it spring there yet? Hopefully one day you will share photos of a garden, yours or hijack a neighbors, we will never know :)
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Jessie, thank you for your kind words ...I will definitely stop by your bloghome again. Have a nice day!
ReplyDeleteChamp.. your so kind ... I'm going to check out your poem right now...thanks!
Ladycat...it is so frustrating when you can't go to sleep, especially when your tired. I had a wonderful sleep last night Lady cat (thank goodness) & I wish the same for you tonight! Sweet Dreams!
Hi Elizabeth... We are in Autumn at the moment which is from March - May, then it's Winter (which I might add is not very cold here) from June - August & our Spring Season is from Sept - Nov followed of course by Summer from Dec - Feb ... I do have some photos of my garden..we had a tropical theme in our yard...palm trees, ferns, elks & stags. I will post them sometime. Have a great day!
ReplyDeletei ALWAYS sleep like a rock... anytime, any place... all you have to do is say g'night... and i'll be snoring!
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle..Most nights I don't have a problem with sleep...but if I have something on my mind..something worrying me...thats when sleep becomes a challenge.
ReplyDeleteI like how this poem goes through how you are feeling right now, and in a sense it seems to ease you into sleep.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that you are able to write it down and express it.
Have you ever resoolved the issues that were worrying you before sleep? Or tried to find a method to put them to one side before going to bed?
Hi Trulyana...thanks for stopping by & for your comment. I normally don't have too much trouble going to sleep but when something is really worrying me thats when I toss & turn.
ReplyDeleteIt usually has something to do with situations I have little control over. Like my sons illness... something I can't really resolve ... I just have to learn to manage how I think about it