Sleep eludes my slippery clutch
I reach but she avoids my touch
I summon her to lay with me
She dances nearer then she flees
Thoughts scrambled, muscles twitch
Eyes shut wide, can’t scratch my itch
I read, dare not at clock I look
The words they spill from page of book
Breathe in breathe out in tantric motion
Rockabye cradle drifts rolling ocean
Still sleep evades my needy grasp
Into soft slumber I beg to lapse
Of mind and body excised distraction
On edge of void I surrender traction
And hope to slip into her embrace
Shed all thoughts of track or trace
Opt out, blank slate and empty my head
Inhale the darkness above my bed
Rise twixt the stars that sparkle the night
Aboard sleeps magic rug take flight.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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