Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Dear Sleep

We haven't been friendly lately,
Between the nightmares and coffee
I haven't visited you as much
As I should have. Tonight
I'm up late again and tomorrow
I'll miss you even more as I sink
Further and further into the surreal life
Phantoms swimming up
To pull me into the deep end of the pool
And you think I've lost you
You think I'm a stranger in a strange land
And while this is all true
I'll finally catch you like a young dude
Riding his bike as fast as he can
Through the empty streets of a small town
That doesn't give a fuck.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It cycles around me
like inbreath and outbreath.
I relenquish control
and this is how it comes.
Catlike, I expend my energy
and then succumb.
Now all the hours are my friends.