Shining Thru

Laying down attempting to sleep

IN the surrounding darkness

Your mind starts to race

Like a crumbling avalanche

The thoughts tumble through your brain

Spilling in a constant overflow

Racing in every direction

You will them to stop

But your eyes stay open

Insisting on consciousness

Instead of the calming rest,

the escape found in sleep eludes.

You lay awake as the hours tick by

Not just minutes of waiting but hours

Waiting for sleep not knowing if relief will come

Relief from the day is so tempting

And yet it does not come….so you wait.

Staring in the darkness, you wait.