Disinclination (Sleep Phobia)
I hate to give the day up. There’s so much left to do.
I like the sky when midnight black is its only hue.
No interruptions on the phone. No meetings, no last chore.
It’s days that contain all the rules. Days are such a bore!
At night I watch Doc Martin or read the blogs of others.
It always would be dark outside if I had my druthers.
I resist sleep when first it comes knocking at my door.
I put it off and fight it, sometimes ’til three or four.
At night it seems like such a shame to waste my life in sleep,
yet in the morning I find those convictions hard to keep.
When the alarm bell rings if I could choose, I find I would
go back to sleep, for suddenly my bed feels really good!
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “To Sleep, Perchance to Dream.”
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Reblogged this on These Things I Write and commented:
Oh wow. This is so accurate. 😀 And such a bouncy tempo. I lobe sleep though. It’s so inconvenient and annoying that things happen when I’m asleep.
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You mean things you miss out on??? I know. I think of all I could accomplish if I didn’t have to sleep, yet when sleep-deprived it is such a blessing. Thanks for reblogging!
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I think I fight sleep, at least to a degree. But that may be because it’s such a battle.
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Hehehe, funny how sleep takes on a different meaning in the morning. Doc Martin, what a nice show!
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you’re right about that… your bed feels really good,
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The true feelings of a night owl…. I love the Doc as well!
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Sweet dreams everyone.
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Great poem posting Judy! 🙂
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What a lucky person to need little sleep. I do love sleeping and dreaming! 🙂
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Nice poem! If I stay awake till mid-night, I need to catch up later during the day…which again is not good. Only if I did not need that many sleep hours.
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I like being up at night . It’s so quiet
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May I call it “so relate-able”.
“At night it seems like such a shame to waste my life in sleep,
yet in the morning I find those convictions hard to keep.
When the alarm bell rings if I could choose, I find I would
go back to sleep, for suddenly my bed feels really good!”
-Said every youngster ever 🙂
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Ha. Are you saying I’m at an arrested stage of development? I’ve often felt that.
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Hehehe you sure are relatable 😛
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