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Immortal Sleep
by
Sara Rarick
I don't want to sleep,
because when I sleep,
I dream.
And I don't want to dream,
because my dreams always
bring sadness.
Every time I awake in the morning,
I feel empty and lost,
without knowing why.
My sleep is never satisfying,
I just wish for one night,
I could get some easy rest.
I hate the long hours it takes
to fall asleep.
I hate the many times I wake up
in the middle of the night.
I hate the loneliness and
the comfortless mornings.
I hate the short and several
naps that come during the day,
that come and then bring
more discomfort.
What is wrong with me?
Why can't I sleep normally?
I hate sleeping and
I hate dreaming.
People say dreams can come true...
I certainly hope mine never do.
They are not frightening,
but they are my worst nightmares.
They haunt me all day.
Even when I don't remember my dream
the next morning,
I still am so discomforted that I want cry
and drown myself in my tears.
But will a perpetual sleep bring endless dreams?
Or will I finally escape the strain of these fears?
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