Sleepiness

Sleepiness There alone before my computer Fighting the sleep that creeps like looter My brain is sluggish,lids are dragging Against my eyeball that rolls like a marble.. I poke the keyboard My fingers sometimes miss and slip It takes a few seconds to punch the next quip As I am about to start, my eyes close their own Again I am in a limbo, swirling into the unknown Suddenly, I open my lids and find my hands on the waiting keyboard Squinting my heavy eyes to find the words I end up typing the wrong chord My thoughts are like winding road Focus is the least I could load Oh, I need to finish this piece, I said Or else I forget, what I've read But my eyes can't connect What my mind recollects Finally my body slumps over the board And I surrender To a triumphant slumber...