I Want To Sleep Poem by Wilfred Mellers

My covers and I fight all night
I'm not sleeping well can't you tell
My restless mind can't unwind
Eyes are stubborn so I toss and turn

Life's so cruel I'm miserable
Blue turns red ricochets in my head
Body so numb sleep won't come
Agitated all night till morning's light

My problems blossoms
The rains came and nothing is the same
Autumn showers now devour
Things sweet seems incomplete

Tired eyes till sunrise
Throat so dry all night I cry
I cried for happiness went for a joyride
Trying to keep it inside, but the sadness I can't hide

Matters not what I do I can't breakthrough
So many issues so my tongue and throat argue
Made a great error and can't keep it together
No better for worst I'm cursed

In a trance as shadows dance
Specters flow to a slow tempo
Nothing medicates so I'm up late
Maybe it was something on my plate I ate

It's not my fate for my mind and eyes to negotiate
Suffering from the abuse for allies refuse to come to a truce
For updates my body waits
My heart pulsates and sleep procrastinates

Can't sleep so in the darkness I weep
Exhausted for heaven sake laying here so awake
Counting not a single sheep for the hill is so steep
Affording not the upkeep for everyone else is asleep