Alert and conscious eyes agape
Heartbeat steady wide awake
Staring blankly at the wall
Dreams escaping one and all.

Discomfort present all night long
Heat and lumps and rage
Anger that I cannot sleep
Within my waking cage.

My mind refuses rest
As sweat forms on my chest
I curse the early hours
In which my mood now sours.

Where are you fickle sheep
Whose absence makes me weep.