Evading Sleep

Let’s stay up

              Worrying

                       About things

                                  We can’t change

Let’s hold a race 

              For our thoughts

                       The only rule:

                                  Don’t stop running

Let’s check the clock 

              Every 15 minutes 

                       And around 3 

                                  Start to wonder 

Can I make it through the night without sleeping?

Let’s watch comfort tv

              Waiting to fall asleep

                       But never fall asleep

For a second let’s be broken

              And not try to fix it

                       Let’s sulk

                                  Let’s spin

                                          Letting the monster 

                                                  We’ve been tempering

                                                                      Finally swallow us whole

                                                                                    And within that darkness

Let’s sleep.

                                                                                                   You in?