A Restless Night

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Here I lay,
Another sleepless night.
So many thoughts keep running thought my head.
Thoughts of my past and present keep me awake
thoughts of joy, love, pain, loss and betrayal.
They won’t let me rest.
So here I lay in this dark lonely room
staring at the darkness that is my ceiling.
I think of broken hearts and words left unsaid
of friendships that are falling apart
of health that is fading
and of hope that has died.
All these thoughts I have been able to keep out of my head during the day
but now they come back to me double during the night.
As I look at my clock I see once again its 2am and I still can’t sleep.
I roll over waiting for the bliss of sleep
and blessed numbness to once again take these thoughts away
until the next night where I’ll once again be in this situation.
Tossing and turning, I pray for sleep.
As I watch the digits of my clock change, and the minutes become hours
I pray that one day these thoughts wouldn’t haunt me anymore
and I won’t have to wait for sleep.