Why can't I sleep?
I sit here, in the dark,
waiting
for drowsiness and rhythmic breathing and sleep and bliss
but
here I am again,
eyes not closing
head not heavy,
frantically counting sheep.
Delay lucid sleep
Dreaming of fragrant hops flowers
Beautiful in bloom
Delay nightmares
Frolicking through fields
Twining vines golden green
Amber dew spills
Bitter sweet aromatic flavors
Linger on late morning-breath
Cheep promiscuous perfume in
Anonymous curves and contours
On stained white sheets
Beside where I wake alone
I once went to the Gobi
Amber dusk fading to grey sand
Fever fading to chill with
The last light
A glimpse of glint
Setting low
Gnarling shadows stretch
Into twilight
A singular elder trunk
Blossoming into fingers
Grasping for the horizon
Out of reach
Longing for vast canopy seas
Daydrea
I've been trying to fall asleep,
always
With sore, red feelers as eternal
result
-
Eternity, eternity.
Eter city. Turn
Into itchy electricity.
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My ID-card turned into a black hole in my wallet
It's smoke formed the sky, a red SOS-signal
and I got stuck in a dialling tone
Whispering lovesongs into every deaf face
In hope
of finding arms to build my nest in
and always be safe and never sleepless
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Sleepfull, spellfull.
Sleep is full. Of
Satisfaction.
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I could breathe freely when my TV catched on fire
Calmly removing one letter at the time from the keyboard
But my head is the loudest screen.
I said to my father
He gath