Brain Battle
My racing brain doesn’t stop
It is fast, I wonder how long it will last
It moves in every direction,
Without any clear destination
It is past twelve
Maybe I will sleep at one
Tick tock, tick tock goes the clock
My eyes are wide
My brain is up and active
It says I don’t need rest
Why? How can it go twenty four seven?
Doesn’t it ever weaken?
It is one now, tick-tock goes the clock
My brain races hundred miles an hour
Pulls up random things from it's deepest core
The dream catcher on my bedpost mocks,
As the voice in my head talks,
Two..., three.., I am up
Like a Hawk, I watch as the colours of the night change
The eyes are tired from trying to be close all night,
The legs are tired from all the walking,
The racing brain challenges the fragile body
The brain has my brain in a headlock
I expect it to wane, to weaken, to loose
How wrong was I?
Cause, my brain refuses to shut down
I beg this of you, Hypnos
“I don’t want a healthy eight-hour sleep
But an hour, an hour of troubled sleep is enough,
Just an hour, I don’t want to be greedy, just an hour, please”
I cry as time slips, the clock ticks, it shows six
The rooster crows, signalling the close
And there, the brain battle breaks
With insomnia emerging as the ultimate winner
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