Trap Guised As Sleep Poem by Kadence Luneman

there is a trap set for me
every day I go on and busy myself
trying to keep my mind off you
but its no use you’re all I think about
I clean and I cook
I work and I sew
but the days are getting long without you
dreadfully so
I read through the night
pushing sleep from my mind
rubbing it from my eyes
but its no use and by six AM
my eyes are barely held open
I musnt fall into the trap of it
laced so nice with pretty promises
promise of rest
promise of releasing my mind
but it never does what it promises
sooner or later I will fall into the trap again
and will once again wake and not feel rested
wake and my head still be so full of thoughts
today I manage to hold on longer
six twenty-five and I’ve not fallen yet
though my will is faltering
and I long to be able to lie with you again
to sleep in your arms again
where I may at last find rest