Another Sleepless Night Poem by Phil Soar

Another sleepless night of fading memories
The eyes close tightly, but I cannot dream
In fact, the light just seems to then creep up on me
And nothing is as good as it once seemed

The land of nod is somewhere far away from me
When I was young, it always seemed close by
And now it seems that it's a distant memory
I can't go there, no matter how I try

I lie awake and wonder what the night will bring
Sleep isn't something that I now expect
It's something of a mystery, this sleepless thing
There in the dark, it's so hard to detect

And so, until the morning, I won't look for you
I don't expect my tiredness matters much
It's like my mind has settled for a sleepless night
And the stars and dreams are so way out of touch