"In Bed" - A Poem

Now that I'm here
My eyes don't
Seem to want to close
Like they did
Just a moment ago
Now that I'm here
I can hear my thoughts
Race and chatter
On things that don't matter
Randomly
Relentlessly
Rest tends to flee
No rest for me
Now that I've laid me
Down to sleep
I am reduced to
Counting sheep
So very tired
I could weep
So tired I
Might shed a tear
Sleep's a pipe dream
Now that I'm here

I wrote this one at roughly midnight. I was falling asleep at my keyboard but as soon as I was actually in the right place for sleep to happen it just...didn't. So I took out my phone and put the words together and then I waited. I woke up this morning so I must have fallen asleep eventually.

Anyway, this one goes out to my fellow insomniacs.

Peace ☮️.

Image sourced from pixabay.com