I Cannot Sleep

I cannot sleep

My mind races

The shadows dance

The covers offer no protection.

I count the mocking sheep

one sheep    two sheep  three sheep 

foursheepfivesheepsixsheep

the counting grows faster and faster

the gears in my head won't stop turning!

When will the light come

and end this nightmare?

I cannot sleep

I cannot sleep

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Melinda Weber]

Don't you hate it when you are laying in bed, trying to fall asleep wishing you could flick your mind off for a few hours rest? Thinking it's only been 10 min and you roll over to look at your clock, only to find it's been 2 hours? totally related to this piece.

[Aeternal Oceanfire]

I really hate nightmares. Still, I love dreams. They are amazing. Lots of emotions are expressed in dreams. I think that that is one of the things that makes dreams so beautiful. This poem did a great job at describing a nightmare.

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i have never experienced that. i sleep like a fat cat that just ate at a banquet :3 this sounds scary of the mind hehe cool 8)

[Personne]

I love thisssss. It's just, great! The sheep part was awesome because I could feel you getting more and more worried and stressed. The last two lines sounded defeated and it ended very...completely? I don't know the word, but it was just fantastic. It also reminds me of my best friend because she can't sleep a lot, but yeah, totally unrelated:b It is a great poem!
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[(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞Emmett..]

Last Monday I could totally have related to this, especially since I tried to go to bed at 11 P.M. and didn't fall asleep until 3 in the morning. And it was all because I kept thinking about my unfinished homework and when it's due and all that stress. Then I actually tried counting sheep, which only pissed me off. I cried and cried, and then my eyes grew heavy. I finally slept out of exhaustion and woke up the next day with bags under my eyes.

...worst insomnia experience ever. ...

But anyway, I was just surprised at how I was able to relate to this poem in such a coincidentally recent experience... I cannot sleep, I cannot sleep! I even took NyQuil that night too. ....you fail me, NyQuil! YOU FAIL ME!