The clock ticks by 

11 pm...

Darkness surrounds me

The house makes sounds to me 

The water rushes through the pipes in the walls ever so often  

My internal clock is broken

Counting sheep is a joke 

Melatonin can not save me now 

My mind wanders in circles 

With no escape insight

 it loops continuously  

The clock ticks by 

12 am… 1 am…

The moon shines bright through the arch in my window 

The room fills with the sound of the sheets rustling around me 

Eyes wide open 

Perfusing blinking as the anger within starts the creep out 

Annoyance floods my veins  

The clock ticks by 

2 am… 3 am… 

My fingers feel a heartbeat 

I hear thumping in my ears

Thump

Loud and ear shrieking  

Like Edgar Allan Poe in the Tell-Tale Heart 

Gradually getting louder 

Thump

Thump 

The clock ticks by 

4 am…

My mind restless 

My heart ready to beat out of my chest 

My mind can’t cease 

Imagination is going nonstop

Lines dancing through my sight as I force my eyes shut 

The sight of peaceful sleep is far away   

The clock ticks by 

5 am… 

The birds start to chirp and tweet 

The wind knocks on my window 

Waiting for me to let it in

False hope

Mind going down a slope 

No end in sight 

Goodnight