Just ten minutes more
As the clock keeps beckoning
The demands of life
Tag: sleep
A Haiku About Cold MedsĀ
Cold meds bring me gifts
Drowsiness which slows me down
So hard to wake up
Awakened, now returning to sleep
Awakened briefly
Activity around me
Now, again, silence
Awoke by my racing mind
Resisting waking
My chaotic mind distorts
Damaging my rest
My mind gets going, laden with fear and energy, heat building up in my scalp as the unfocused fears run unburdened by logic or balance. Unreasonable and irrational, disrupting my rest and my day.
Children’s Laughter
This sound
Laughing children
Always a delightful way
To awaken
Groan…It’s Morning
Feeling exhausted
Just not sleeping very well
And I don’t know why
Seduced by the Snooze Bar
āSnooze bar seduction
No, not due to laziness
Rather, contentment
This Long NightĀ
Weariness drags me
I’ve been awake far too long
Dreams are beckoning
A Cold OvernightĀ
Each cough
Self conscious
Creating disturbance
Where peace
Should reign
And then think
Of the germs
Launched forth
Looking for a
New host.
A Nap
Weariness wins now
Slumber seduces me
I wake upon my couch
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