Day 5 – Going To Sleep…

I don’t know about you but there are times I find it rather difficult to get to sleep. If I do get to sleep I find it nearly impossible to get more than a couple hours of sleep. Three or four hours if I am lucky. Sometimes I just lay awake and wonder how I will function the next day. Sometimes I meditate. Sometimes I try nature sounds to sooth the savage soul. Sometimes it all seems fairly hopeless, I look at the clock and wish, pray, beg the universe to let me sleep.

This is a quatern… a four stanza poem with four lines per stanza, each line consisting of 8 syllables. The poem incorporates a refrain in each stanza. The refrain originates in line one and you can see how it plays out.

For the insomniacs like me… love and peace… a lullaby.

Lullaby
 
 Sunset fire in the western sky
 draw the blinds and turn down the sheets
 open a book to calm your mind
 take a breath and let it all go.
 
 This day is drawing to a close...
 sunset fire in the western sky
 no more struggles no more worries
 yes, everything will be just fine
 
 Something in you wants to sleep now,
 one last look out through the window...
 sunset fire in the western sky.
 Close your eyes now, breathing slowly,
 
 embrace the silence of your room,
 feel the cool upon your bare skin,
 let tomorrow care for itself...
 sunset fire in the western sky.

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Tell me (and everyone else) your favorite method for getting to sleep in the comments.

Cheers!