Best Introspectionsleep Poems
Bedtime Prayer
A. W. Nutter
Now I lay me down to sleep
Praying for protection from personal fears
Hands trembling as the night draws near
Fighting sleep to avoid an unsecured mind
Where the demons are free and unconfined
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
Spirit broken, forced into submission
Withdrawing from the pain and humiliation
Nightmares vanish as I suddenly awaken
Two hours of sleep and physically shaken
If I should die before I wake
Swallowing two pills sitting beside my bed
Trying to kill the shadows inside my head
Spiritual trip to hell will be especially rough
Taking all the pills, praying they’ll be enough
I pray the Lord my soul to take
9:30 Beep
A reminder rings
Its time to induce sleep yet again
I get a cold glass of water and slowly swallow the little blue tablet.
I walk to my bed with aching bones and tired eyes.
I slowly pull back the blankets almost falling over from sheer exhaustion
I am young but frail and tired.
I lay down
my head hits the pillow
They feel like liquid bricks surrounding my skull
I try to sleep but I am unsuccessful yet again
Oh ,well
Its just another sleepless night.
. A new day
A new dawn
A new wave to sail along
Not a perfect night of sleep
If only sleep could right a wrong
If only sleep could mend a hurt of yesterday
How perfect would it be
If sailing on the nightime sea
Could calm a shattered world and be
So free, of troubled years
As smooth and empty as a beach
A beach of gold, .. of silky sand
Untouched, unharmed by worried hand
Washed and ironed by moving tide
A breathless peace, all cleansed inside
many nights I couldn't sleep
lay awake from dark till dawn
plump my pillow, toss and turn
those nights are finally gone
I lay here unprotected
without sleep I didn't dream
that's when you slip in
as quickly as my REM's
how can I get any rest?
is this some kind of test?
you and sleep are linked
you haunt every dream
gonna go back to sleepless nights
drink caffeine till it gets light
if that is the only way
I can keep these dreams at bay