An Unwelcomed Midnight Dip

On nights 

Like these

I’m too tired

For sleep

For these annoying 

Things

Keep swimming 

In my head

And exhaustion 

Is tugging

Gently 

At my sheets

Trying to pull me 

under

Into the subconscious 

Pool

Of midnight dreams

And these things 

I tell you

They keep swimming 

Never tiring 

Annoying as ever

For their constant 

Splashes

And joyful 

Laughter

Echo 

From side to side

Each with its own 

Technique

Backstroke

Butterfly

Doggy paddle

Froggy style

Finished off

With a cannonball

Rippling

In my head 

Which no pill

Can ever

still