I feel tired and drowsy
eyelids fluttering and dragging
head tipping forward and
books sliding out of my arms
but I must stay awake
for I may get behind
and when I fall into
the shadowy trancelike sleep
there may be nothing but nightmares
and deviations from tips
of angels' wings and tear-stained
****** remorseful smiles
as each being is transported
into their own individual
hells chained by personal sins
and tainted souls

I must stay awake
for as the dawn of
eternity's night approaches
I may cease to wake up once more.