Anti-Lullaby-By

Waking early morning,

still time for former sleep,

Nature trip then back to bed,

attempt a sleepless failing.

Tired so very tired,

but cannot sleep.

Wide eyes cannot close.

Along my side my wife,

The dog stretched at my feet.

Now my lids heavy get,

I try hard to go to sleep.

The dog awakes,

needs her nature trip,

so much for that attempt to doze.

If I ignore she’ll make her plea,

if wakes the wife no peace to sleep.

Up I go to open door,

Standing, waiting, wobbling, heavy lids,

as I attempt to stay awake.

The b i t c h now beckons,

I open door,

she waits for me to return to bed.

Again attempts to sleep,

eyes wide open,

I cannot quiet my racing mind.

“Sleep, sleep, sleep,” I tell myself,

“You need the sleep, so go to sleep.”

Routine of many morn,

destined wake as I try to sleep.

Mind zipping through last day’s trials,

as I quietly say “be still, relax, sleep”.

A sleepless nightmare,

a thousand thoughts,

as I attempt to barricade.

Yawning, knowing, it shall not be,

to sleep no more as morning glows.

Roger W Hancock -written 9-22-2002

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