Fatigue

Just another long afternoon Of another long long day Mind numbing weariness That just won’t go away. My eyelids are heavy I just want to sleep For once no need To be counting sheep The cat is staring at me In almost hypnotic control It’s so intense as though He’s penetrating my soul. I break his gaze with A great effort of will I feel in my mind that He’s staring at me still There are so many things That I really should do But it’s taking all my effort Not to sleep the day through. The stairs loom like mountains I’ll need to conquer tonight For maybe three hours sleep And a mostly broken night. Fatigue and insomnia seem Somehow to combine And the days this week Seem to be a blur of time. A cycle of existence that Some how seems to take A huge force of will to gather The mental strength to break. It may still take days but I know There’ll come a time when I’ll break free from this torpor to Get life back on track again