WHEN WILL THIS NIGHT EVER END?

Tossing and Turning in My Bed,

Things Going Round and Around in My Head.

Reflecting On Life and Things That I Have Done,

Laying In This Bed Cold and Lonesome.

Shimmering Patterns On The Ceiling,

From Car Lights Driving By,

As I Lay Here Still On My Back,

Trying To Get Some Shut Eye.

Noises Now Come From The House,

Whatever Can They Be,

I Know I Checked The Windows and Doors,

What With My OCD.

The Lights Are OFF I Checked Them Too,

Even The Shower and The Taps,

And The Bathroom Loo.

Shielding My Eyes From The Street Lights,

I Pull The Covers Over Me,

Hoping That Things Will Go Away,

And The Night Will Set Me Free.

Undercover and Hidden Away,

Still Trying To Sleep Until The Day.

But Now I Need To Come Up and Breathe,

As My Eyes Are The First,

From The Covers To Leave.

The Night Is Still Here and Not Turned To Day,

The Time Is Just Dragging and Won’t Go Away.

All I Want To Do Is Now Just Sleep,

And Have Some Sweet Dreams,

For Me To Keep.

Round and Round Ideas in My Head,

As I Walk to The Window,

From My Sleepless Bed.

So Quiet is The Night With No Passers By,

The Stars Are Twinkling,

Looking Down From The Sky.

Crawling Back to My Now Cold Bed,

Words Have Now Entered Into My Head.

A Poem I Shall Write About Tonight,

The Lack of Sleep and Restless Night.

As I Wait For Dawn to Take The Night,

I Get Out My Pen and Start to Write.

The Words Are Flowing as I Finish Verse One,

As I Read Back The Lines Where It All Begun.

Tossing and Turning in My Bed,

Things Going Round and Around in My Head…

My Eyes Are Getting Heavy and I Still Need to Sleep,

I’m Growing Tired and Weary as I Sink Beneath The Sheets.

When Will This Night Ever End I Hope It Will Be Soon,

So Now I Will Say Goodnight,

Until The Morning Lights Up My Room.

                                                  © Gary Sydney Hankins…17/04/2025