Sleepy Poem by Phil Soar

Sometimes sleep avoids me
It rests alone and doesn't join me
I lie there and try to entice it to me
I close my eyes and yet still see
My mind plays tricks on me
Searching for the land of nod
I imagine myself immersed in darkness
No stars to light the way
No sign of dreams, or so it seems
Perhaps I'll sleep by day
Then just before the morning chorus
Chimes to wake me up
I drift into a coma
And the sleep is not enough