Sleep Evades Me

The world calms and darkens. The hum of the long day slowly quiets as the world sleeps.

I lay here listening to the silence. Coaxing my mind to sleep. As much as I crave it, want it, need it... It still manages to evade me. The sheep betray me for I count and count and still, here I lay. Eyes wide. Mind running wild. Listening to the deafening sound of the crushing silence.

I wait.

I wait.

I wait.

Slowly time moves along.

Its maddening.

Insomnia is maddening.

Sleep... Where have you gone?

Insomnia is maddening.