I don’t know if anyone else is experiencing restlessness at night, during this strange period between the rollout of vaccines and the attainment of actual safety. Everyone’s mood seems to be vacillating between euphoria and horror, and at night it’s no different.
I know it’s affecting my sleep.
But like most things, it is much easier to blame it on your partner. Apologies in advance to him.
Hope you enjoy this rhythmic complaint. Stay safe out there!
I wish you could sleep
So I could sleep,
So I could sleep, again.
I wish you could sleep
So I could sleep,
So deep into my mind
Would creep
The silence
And the solace
Of a land beyond my ken.
I wish you’d ignore
My stretching stir,
My toss and squirm and bend,
My roll and stretch,
My stretch and purr,
My drowsy, grouchy kitten’s purr,
And fall asleep again.
But things as they are,
The slightest vibe,
The slightest sign that I’m alive,
The slightest vibe
Reverberates.
And my sleep,
My sleep abates.
How long can we sleep
Both here and there,
Both up and down
And still not there,
And tit for tat,
Yet never square,
And sanity forsake?
As long as my sleep,
My lovely sleep,
My darling,
Sleep,
You take.
Copyright 2021 Andrea LeDew
For another poem longing for an end to this mess, check out And Back Again.
I’ve been experiencing the exact same thing!!
It’s like it’s contagious. Glad to lose a little sleep now to sleep like a baby once it’s over!
I certainly hope so–and not a fussy baby with colic!