Insomnia
By David J. Egner
Have you ever been in your bed just staring at the ceiling?
Thoughts rushing through your mind with no idea of what you're feeling.
The numbers on the clock seem to laugh in your face.
It would be so much better if these thoughts could be replaced.
The time will soon be four and you have to be up at eight.
When the sun comes up you will kick yourself for staying up so late.
But it wasn't your choice to toss and turn all night.
It's because your mind and body were in a continuous fight.
And it's a no holds barred match, in which the mind likes to fight cheap.
Punching you with thoughts while your body just wants to sleep.
This nightly battle is as bad as Armageddon.
Because you never know which thoughts your mind is going to let in.
Maybe something from early that day or something buried for years.
Maybe a thought that makes you happy or one that brings you to tears.
And just when the battle is over and you curl up cozily on your arm
You close your eyes and scream inside as you listen to the wailing alarm.