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SLEEPLESSNESS I try my best to fall asleep at a decent hour Yet, sometimes it seems I don’t have the power No matter how hard I give it a try Something always stops me and makes me want to cry I have tried all the tricks in the book If you only knew how many hours it took Counting sheep, counting backward, or saying prayers Nothing seems to work-I’m pulling out my hair When I finally do fall asleep at night My dreams always wake me with a horrid fright Running, running, running but staying in one place It’s as though I am stuck and will never win the race Oh, how I wish I could dream of happier things to come Instead of trying to get away from these things in which I run I am mentally exhausted and need a good sleep I feel like a bag of bones lying down in one large heap There is always tomorrow I constantly say I need some help-so I begin to pray Dear Lord, help me make this pain go away If you do, once I fall asleep, I know I will be okay
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Sep 27, 2013
Sep 27, 2013 at 2:53 AM UTC
Sleeplessness
SLEEPLESSNESS I try my best to fall asleep at a decent hour Yet, sometimes it seems I don’t have the power No matter how hard I give it a try Something always stops me and makes me want to cry I have tried all the tricks in the book If you only knew how many hours it took Counting sheep, counting backward, or saying prayers Nothing seems to work-I’m pulling out my hair When I finally do fall asleep at night My dreams always wake me with a horrid fright Running, running, running but staying in one place It’s as though I am stuck and will never win the race Oh, how I wish I could dream of happier things to come Instead of trying to get away from these things in which I run I am mentally exhausted and need a good sleep I feel like a bag of bones lying down in one large heap There is always tomorrow I constantly say I need some help-so I begin to pray Dear Lord, help me make this pain go away If you do, once I fall asleep, I know I will be okay
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Sep 27, 2013
Sep 27, 2013 at 2:53 AM UTC
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