Sheepish Sleep…

In
the
wee
small
hours,
on a quest to find sleep
turning this way and that,
even counting surly sheep.
A car alarm sharply sounds
ripping silence from the night
shocking you awake
as sheep scatter in fright.
Suddenly it ceases as if never heard
like a quickly strangled cough
but you’re sure that’s absurd.
Perhaps you’ve gone deaf…
or at last found sleep
or are you still patiently
rounding up your sheep?
LadyP©2013

Sleepy Way…..

 

Sleepless night,
                                   restless brain
fully awake,
                                       sleep is in vain
round and round
                                         thoughts do go
chasing sleep,
                                              but it won’t show
reign in thoughts,
                                           blank the mind
try counting sheep,
                                          they’re unkind
won’t jump at all,
                                             stand stock still
try to ignore them,
                                       force of will,
think of a dream, 
                                             then take flight
catch a thought, 
                                            hang on tight, 
soar to the heavens, 
                                                          view the Milky Way,
You slept after all,  
                                                             greet the new day…..

 

LadyP © 2011