sleep

Sleepwalk

When people ask us
To take advantage
Of our day off
Do they know
What we do?
In a somnambulistic
Movement
Or even
If it is a day off
Is it not a day off
When it’s
A day off!
I’m a day off
And a penny short
I am instantly upset
What is an effort?
What is insufficient?
When is it enough?
When do we make love?
Does it seem like
We are stagnant
Doing nothing?
Trying also
With a lot of things
Humbled
Left to flourish,
From the seed
Hoping that a
Good thing finds
Its path to the surface
Maybe like some
People visualize
Their children
Growing up
Although my questions
Do not see humans
Like productive achievements
Of course their efforts
Let them become
More than enough
A treasure for everything
Delicious or dying
Key moments that
Escape us on our feet
To get out of it dreaming
Only when we’re
Sleepwalking
Trapped in a life
That begs us
To keep going the
Same way
One foot in front
Of the other
Why not believe in dreams
And fortune tellers

Empathy

Seeking empathy will
Gain you nothing
So many days I have
Wandering in aimlessness
Where has all the
Empathy gone?
Was I living under
Some rock
When the devotion
To greedy emotion
Settled in
Head in a trash bag
Or under a shadow
I swear only a pillow
In my sleep
Did it happen in my sleep?
That I woke up from a dream or
Some made up fantasy
That people are
Capable of empathy?
Folks comparing their own
Breakdowns and setbacks
To yours because they can’t
Climb out of their
Own pits and here
I see myself running round
Chasing empathy
Hoping you’ll see me
Chasing empathy
Wondering recklessly
Chasing empathy
Feelings escaping me
Chasing empathy

More sleep the better to keep
A bear at bay in the cove
Midnight strolls along the cost
Feels good to know that there’s
A getaway a hiding out
A hibernation of sorts at least
Once a week more sleep
More sleep the better to keep
My wits about me like the
Bear at the beach with
Water to keep me grounded
O! The sound of an ocean
Curled up at the bottoms
Of my ears a tunnel an echo
Of hope to feel rested
A deep convalescence along
A sandy floor below the tide
To keep my slumber sweet
Before the shore fills up with
More to do a step away into
A grand span of restful wings
Thoughtful dreams subconsciously
A seagull sings to me my mew
Comfort in the song a chuckling
Display of careless blue
Freedom to the sky cannot deny
Liberty in waking moments
More to enjoy them like the
Birds and the bears when we
Sleep more sleep the better to keep
Our hearts in happy places
The brain is surely waisted
And says Hey! Thanks for nothing!
If we dare to care for less than
Fifty winks which beats the forty
You’ll see to cozy up a touch
Longer than a nap just after lunch
Cinquante clins d’œil
Is just the snap it takes
Aback appreciation to enjoy
All the dozing we should keep
Nothing does the trick like bears
To get some sleep

Go to Sleep

I literally felt
So overwhelmed
With good feelings
Right now in this moment
That the only option for me
Was to go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Lay down
Close my eyes
Is it wise not to feel
But what I feel
I wouldn’t have to feel
If I was to go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
It is so good
Each one so good
Every feeling
In my hood
What to do with it
How to do with it
I’m not sure I can
Identify
Close my eyes
Is it wise not to feel
But what I feel
I wouldn’t have to feel
If I should go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep