A.M.

sleep is so important. The more we think how important it is the less likely we are to enjoy it. 

Trying to sleep when you can't makes things worse for sure. Walking it out sounds like a good idea as opposed to lying there agonizing over it. 

Sleep is such a gift, but there is something about those super-tired times when sleep will not come that sharpens imagination, a hassle when you have stuff to do though. I like the shift to the acknowledgement of being.  We can sleepwalk though life but this feels like the opposite.

You have a knack of describing your feelings. When I had to wake to my father-in-law's calls, when he was still here, I got to frequently not be able to get back to sleep, and in the end found I had to mix sometimes doing something (reading, writing …??), but sometimes just lying dreamily, and not worrying about going to sleep, which I still find a help, when getting myself too wide awake. It seems to leave me less tired the next day. Naps in the day have to be limited I find, but can be essential – not too long! Rhiannon

Hi Bee

I too am often awake at 3 a.m. - as I'm sure are lots of others. But I have never gone on a moonlight walk. Sometimes I read, sometimes I play games on the computer. Sometimes I just decide to not worry about it and lie there enjoying the rest. But unlike you, I don't have a reason for my sleeplessness, other than growing older. Next time you are awake at  3 a.m. think of us thinking of you, and wishing you well.

Jean

sleeplessness is awful - poor you. Do you want this to go in your Journey set?

Loved the play on A.M. and I AM - clever, clever, clever :-) Hope you are getting sleep though - very important thing to get

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Lying in bed with that damn pump pushing chemicals into me to keep me alive, I often stayed awake with that uncomfortable piece of plastic sticking in my ribs till three or until I was so exhaused I passed out, but that was over five years ago....

It's 4 am for me. Usually when the kids wake up. When everyone else is asleep is when the thoughts start creeping in as you so powerfully described. It becomes a cycle which is highlighted so well by your structure and repeated time.

Hello Bee,

Another clever,  well thought out, poem that will resonate with so many.  I don't sleep well either and the worst nights are the ones when I see every hour pass.  But I usually try to get up and then I just wander about not able to settle until dawn comes often with a companion...sleep!

Keep writing Bee.  It is always a joy to read anything you have written.

Moya xx