Sleepless

Nights have become so sleepless

I don’t even know what sleep is

Anymore... It’s getting harder to remember

My dreams Anymore...

Heart is heavy I can feel it sinking

I think I’m always overthinking

Falling into a heavy day dream

Without the peace of sleeping It feels like forever before I do fall

And when I do, it don’t be for long

I hear the crickets chirp their songs

The moon shines her light

Through my windows Casting shadows on my walls And as the wind blows I watch the shadows dance along

Because these nights have become

So sleepless I don’t even know what sleep is

Anymore... It’s getting harder to remember

My dreams Anymore...

Watch the clock go from one

To two... To three... Then four... Close my eyes Trying to rest my body And my soul Maybe I won’t be so sleepless

For long Watch the sky break the dawn

Eyes tired Tears drop with a yawn Nights have become so sleepless

I don’t even know what sleep is

Anymore... It’s getting harder to remember

My dreams Anymore...

( S h h h ... ) Stop thinking Close my eyes Stop being so sleepless With the overthinking So I can finally get some sleep in

Because these nights have become

So sleepless I don’t even know what sleep is

Anymore... It’s getting harder to remember

My dreams Anymore...

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This poem is published in my debut poetry collection, 125 Days: Book One, written in 2015. © Kelly Michelle Thomas. All rights reserved. Purchase the collection here.