sleep eludes me
over and over I turn
this way and that,
rearranging my body
adjusting my legs
keeping knees apart
and still no sleep...
an afternoon nap
I took today
not realizing its
implications...
tired I was from
an early morning
but no nap should
I have taken...
the darkness moves
through me like an
evening prowler,
I see faces in the
shadows and shadows
in the faces that lurk
behind the trees
peeking out at me,
my eyes grow tired
and red and feel a
little itchy from the
dust that fills the
air at night when the
cats ran through
our hallways...
we are subdued by
the darkness and
its eerie connotations
before the light
returns and I can once
again afternoon nap.
November 17, 2023
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