Awake

Awake 4/22/2015

Last night I couldn’t sleep

So I tossed and turned all night

Uncomfortable, itchy

Dreamless, and sad.

The words did not come

And my thoughts disjointed

Jumping from place to place

And from time to time.   

The sun rises

Like a million times before

And I am the same

Another day older

Beaten and worn.    

Others go about their day

Gaming, striving,

Grasping and scheming

Oblivious, shallow,

Foolish and dumb.

Educated but blind

And asleep at the wheel

Much too comfortable,

Judgmental and smug.

Shake me awake

And tell me what it wrong

Before I fall asleep

And escape. 

We run from pain

And avoid conflict

Giving up 

And giving in.    

If only we could open our eyes

Maybe then, we could see 

What it takes to grow 

And conquer.