Sleep eludes me
Leaves me to my thoughts
An incessant barrage
Of menacing
Sleep- depriving thoughts

That won’t let this weary body rest
This weary mind
Won’t let me rest
And enter that peaceful state
In which nothing matters
Nothing perturbs
Nothing distracts but dreams
That take me away to another place
Another plane
Another state in which I am freed
From the day’s interjections
Into this temporary life.

I would welcome sleep
I would welcome rest.
I would welcome the slowing down of an irascible mind

I would welcome freedom
From consciousness.
Goodnight.