Can't Sleep Poem by Donna Saphier

I lay awake most every night
After releasing all my stress
And I think and realise
My life's an awful mess

I listen to my heartbeat
As it bangs inside of me
It's like it's trying to say
please stop hurting me

My eyes are straining in the dark
As I stare right into space
Thinking about everything
From bills to the human race

My stomach's making noises
My legs are twitching too
But it's dark and late you see
There's not much I can do

I lie thinking endlessly
Of loved one's that have gone
And in the silence of the night
My demons they do come

They tell me I'm a bad girl
And I should be asleep
Go to sleep they say to me
As I begin to weep

Hours have passed, I'm still awake
My thoughts, they drive me mad
They say I'm not a good girl
And that I am always bad

I clench my eyes, I try to sleep
And make my mind switch off
But that is just so difficult
As I say enough is enough

While the world is fast asleep
My mind is playing games
Everything that has gone wrong
It's me that my brain blames

Now the world is waking
I can hear the birds are singing
I try to close my eyes so tight
But they burn and they are stinging

I feel the tiredness begin to creep
I hear the church bells ringing
I'm nodding now, I start to sleep
While people they start singing

I fall asleep, the world's awake
My life I am just missing
Then suddenly someone wakes me
At my lips they're gently kissing

I say I've been awake all night
While the worlds been fast asleep
And then I just drift off away
To a sleep that's calm deep.