Sleepless

Sleepless as I lay in bed

Moments of the day flash by in my mind
Things heard and things that were said
Things I did at work, at home – the regular kind

The mind wanders and fetches a memory from sometime past

Or something trivial from just the day before
Some of it plays out slowly, some of it flashes by fast
Hardly a pause, in fact only more

I turn & roll, curl & stretch

Push or pull the blanket over my head
the mind continues to fetch
like a well oiled machine, Sleepless as I lay in bed.