To Sleep

To Sleep Perchance to dream That doesn’t seem Like too much to ask So deep And so extreme One won’t waken But I’m taken to task Summoned in the middle of the night By tormentors in my head I should ignore - them but instead I rise Like a ghost on the prowl I rise Like a hunting owl I rise And run afoul of the law of Sleep To Sleep How late the hour What is this power That shakes me from rest? I keep Answering the call I’m bound to fall And fail the test I long to drink from the river Lethe Forgetting all that’s been said I should ignore it - but instead I rise Like a thirsty vampire I rise Like the flames of a fire I rise Even though I tire from lack of Sleep My one desire to sleep