Oh, how I cannot sleep
the constant way I lay
it keeps me up
I cannot sleep
Noises all around
Cannot close my eyes
the harder I try, I fail
It has been five days
My wife wonders why I cannot sleep
She says, 'I toss and turn'
I agree
I have started to see things
I hardly eat
My wife thinks that I am ill
I agree
It has been nine days
No soul outside the wall of my mind
could trouble me
I can never walk out
I went to the doctors
They say that there is no wrong in me
I struggle home
wife sits in grief
she crys
I ask why she cried
she looks at me
she cries even more
then she hugged me, first time in ages
I lay in bed
I am still tired
I closed my eyes, finally
I smiled, I was finally happy.
My wife stood in the door
Tears keep going down her face
but with an undertone she said
'Goodbye, My love.'
Thank you David walker I appreciate the gracious word you bestowed in the comments. The real thing is I am only 18 with no poetry training, the things I write are purely inspiration.
A powerful poem, and will be so true for a lot of people who suffer from insomnia. A great write.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Thank you Mr. David Walker