“Sleep”
Pull the covers tighter
Puff up the pillow,
Shuffle your feet,
Flip left, right,
Lie on your back,
Your stomach,
Stretch your arms,
Fall asleep.
Fall asleep.
Fall.
Asleep.
Think about her.
Fall in love,
Fall into her arms,
Fall for her laugh,
Her smile,
Her jokes,
Her eyes,
Her hair
but
her hair’s a mess
her eyes shoot bullets
her voice is indifferent
her smile is flipped the wrong way
her laugh fades from memory
fall out of her arms
fall out of love
Think about her.
the covers aren’t tight enough
the pillow’s never comfy enough
your feet can’t shuffle around enough
no position feels good enough
your arms don’t stretch wide enough
you weren’t right enough
will you ever be right enough?
you didn’t try enough
you’ll never cry enough
you’ll never be tired enough
to sleep.