July 4, 2016… Forgetting to Fall Asleep

Let me get this straight.

You spent the night awake,

Alone, in the dark, in wait,

Not sure of what’s at stake

When you, my mind, refuse to tire?

I will hurt for this,

I won’t forgive you, my curse

Of sleeping through the daily motions and

Somehow not tiring with the moon’s rotation.

Although,

I must admit,

I feel rather calm,

Like my skin soaked up

the cosmic radiation and let me tell you,

Vitamin D has nothing on being so tired that you’re happy.