Thoughtfillednotsleep

some nights, sleep is a long time
coming. exhaustion washes over
you but sleep is hard to come
by and your eyes are closed open
closed open awake. why won’t
they just stay closed. but
the thoughts in your head circle
like predators and your mind
is vulnerable. and one thought
will sit and fester and you’ll
turn it over and over in your
head and the more you turn it
over the more truthful it sounds.
until it is the truth. until it
becomes you and then. then
you can sleep.