Go To Sleep

Go To Sleep

A Poem by Melissa Morello

Go to sleep.

I wanted to go to sleep early tonight.

I wanted to catch up on sleep.

Been staying up late too much. 


Go to sleep. 

Thinking too much. 

Should I set an early alarm and go for a run tomorrow morning?

If I don't get to sleep soon I won't have the energy to go running. 

But I really need to. 


Go to sleep.

Close your eyes.

They want to stay open.

All the lights are off.

Its like my eyes are closed anyway.

Except for that small light over there. 

I wish that wasn't there. 

It is bothering me. 

Ignore it. 


Go to sleep. 

Too awake.

Lets see what's happening on Facebook. 

Who is that?

Am I even friends with you?

She looks so good in this picture.

I wish I looked like that.

You would if you would go for a damn run. 

Keep scrolling.

These pictures are boring.

They're all the same. 

Enough Internet.

It is keeping me awake. 


Go to sleep. 

Its too hot in here. 

Why bother with this blanket?

I don't like my feet sticking out.

But its so hot. 

Can't the fan go on any higher? 

Its loud. 

This side of the bed is cooler.

Now this side. 

Now I'm hotter. 


Go to sleep.

Too curious.

What are my friends doing tomorrow? 

I miss them.

I need to see them.

I should really give them a call.

Remember to talk to them in the morning. 


Go to sleep.

I wish I wasn't alone.

It'd be better if he was here. 

What is he doing?

Is he thinking about me?

He has to be sleeping by now.

No one should be awake.

Do I think about him too much?


Go to sleep.

Tomorrow is a new day.

One day closer to everything being different. 

I don't like change.

Change is inevitable.

I know this.

I cannot accept it. 


Go to sleep. 

I need the sleep. 

I'll feel better in the morning. 

I stayed up too long.

Now I'm going to sleep late.

I don't want to waste the day. 

Set another alarm just in case.

What if I sleep through the alarm?


Go to sleep.

Am I crazy?

Why can't I just stop thinking?

It's time for bed.

Why am I awake? 


I don't know.

Sleep is the only answer.

The answer I can never seem to find. 

© 2014 Melissa Morello


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Added on June 13, 2014
Last Updated on June 13, 2014