Sleep

Sleep is an elusive b*****d, this is my tribute to him/her. Also my first poem with a rhyme scheme!

I lay down in bed and prepare myself for 8 hours of unconscious bliss

A reprieve from life is one thing I'll miss

I toss and turn for what feels like a year

I know deep down that morning is near

Sleep is a luxury, a gift from on high

A gift not given to a person like I

I lay in my bed and stare at the ceiling

I pray every night to escape this feeling

The feeling of insanity, that nothing is real

The feeling that's an inability to feel

Finally it ends, I'm allowed to sleep

And then I'm awakened from my visions of sheep

To weep at the Sandman's cruel joke

To watch as the clock makes it's final stroke

To look at the timepiece as it reads three thirty seven

To send it up to clock heaven

I lay awake for another hour

Then prepare myself for a good shower

I get myself ready for another hellish day

Another day full of dismay

A day where I await my fate

A day that I f*****g hate

Reviews

[Water_the_Sun]

I can empathise with this all too well...

I rarely ever sleep, i have bad issues with sleep paralysis, and panic attacks in my sleep, the incubai just loveeee me i suppose.

I hate it when youre in that half conscious state ALL night :/ id rather just not sleep at all.

[April]

great sound like my night of sleep lol

[Deaths Cold Kiss]

great write!!!!

[Denise Deas]

Awesome as always. I love it. The whole thing is just great everything about it...hard to explain the specifics but it is. Just maaaayyybe for the sake of poetry i think this one in particular would be better w/o contractions

[Kaelyn Shea]

:D