The Sleep Thief

The Sleep Thief

By Paul McCann

It seems to happen more often these days

I’m so tired and I need to get some sleep   

then as I drift away on my dream cloud   

The sleep thief would come with his crazy ways  

around all the house he would start to creep ‘

opening up doors and talking out loud .

So I to get up to see what’s going on

All the lights are on but no ones about

I look here and there but I can’t find him.

Once again the sleep thief has come and gone  

and left without a shadow of a doubt  

his imprints on where my sleep should begin .

So I go back to bed and rest my head

But again he would wake me up from sleep  .

I hear the laugh behind a slamming door.

It’s awful to have to get out of bed

and put the slippers back on both my feet

to wander around the house like before .

I look here and there but he’s not around

How can I ever get to sleep these days

with the sleep thief prowling around at night .

There’s no way that I can get the head town

with the sleep thief and all his crazy ways  .

I have to work hard at sleeping tonight .

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