Last night I could not get to sleep.
I. Could. Not. Sleep. Again.
I counted way too many sheep
And slowly back from ten.
My brain was overfilled with thoughts,
My heart was full of dread.
The what if’s and the maybe’s
Went round and round my head.
So I tossed and turned till three,
And thought. And thought some more.
I tossed about most carefully -
So he could calmly snore.
And when I finally fell asleep
That blessed peaceful state,
Into my mind there crept a dream.
I’m sure you can relate.
This dream was big and bold and bad
With pictures so insane,
That when I woke, I felt as though
I’d been run over by a train!
True this. But the funny thing is that I woke up with almost the entire poem rattling around in my head. How weird is that? Of course I quickly scribbled it down and gave it a bit of polish and an ending ;) And yes, thats the view from our bed, taken this bleary morning!
Happened to me the night before. There is comfort in the thought that this happens to women all around the globe. Hopefully just from time to time.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day and sweat dreams tonight! Regula
Ah yes, I'm sure it happens to us all from time to time....although my hubs doesnt seem to have that problem!
DeleteAnd I did sleep much better last night ;o)
Good to be able to capture the words..how often are they so elusive!
ReplyDeleteI know, right? I couldn't believe it!
DeleteSounds like my sleep patterns, which I've had all my life, but I've never woken with a poem. More usual if I do go back to sleep, I have weird dreams. I can't count sheep, as they get stuck on barbed wire fences, so kangaroos are more to my liking(giggle), as they bounce higher. A thunderstorm interrupted my sleep around 2.30am this morning. Love the view from your bed. Awesome. Take care, stay safe & huggles.
ReplyDeleteHahaha thats funny! I've also tried kangaroos but my sheep are easier as they nicely file down to the sheep yards for a dipping ;) Yes I think my dreams are more likely to be remembered if I'm having a restless night too. And no, I've never woken with a poem either - other than this time. I was a little perplexed actually!
DeleteAmazing poem, must have been your muse keeping you awake;) I have nights like that and when I have work the next day I get more and more annoyed knowing I will be shattered and it makes it worse. Also sometimes have very scary night paralysis and bad dreams if I get very exhausted. However we do try to keep still so they can sleep don't we. Have a better night and take care.
ReplyDeleteOh I know! I lay there fuming more by the minute because mostly my sleepless nights are the ones just before I need to be up early or have to be somewhere that I need to be at my best! So annoying! My youngest daughter has night paralysis sometimes and tells me it's scary.
ReplyDeleteI slept like a log last night though ;o)
I am so impressed that you managed to remember a poem on waking up, as well as it making sense! I used to have nights like that with many thoughts on my mind. My solution was to keep a note book and a little torch on my bedside table to write down whatever popped into my head. This meant that I didn't have the thoughts going over and over and over in my mind. Having written them down I knew I could deal with them in the morning without trying to remember/solve them throughout the night. I also had a sleep study done which showed that I stopped breathing 137 times during the night for up to 57 seconds each! Now I sleep soundly most nights with the help of a CPAP machine. Sleep well tonight. Hugs Rose.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear that you have not been able to sleep that is tough. You poem is wonderful, thank you for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteLoved the poem Evi. Why oh why is it that when you most want to sleep,it seems like every possible idea, thought and plan decides that now is the right time to demand your attention. Such is life!
ReplyDeleteWishing you some restful uninterrupted sleep x
Great poem that dropped in! It's great that you could capture it and polish.
ReplyDeleteI sympathise. Those sleepless nights, those bad feelings that arrive haunt one. I read a lot of books and try to do my affirmations (a la Louise Hay) and sometimes if Himself is awake we have a long talk (I talk and he tries not to fall back asleep) and sometimes that can really help. (Sorry, hope I'm not being bossy. It's just that I so feel for you as sleepless nights can be hell. I think someone should do a survey about women and sleep.)
ReplyDeleteOh I love Louise Hay and often have a YouTube talk of hers running during the day. Yes, I seem to have runs on sleepless nights - there'll be weeks, even months, where all is well and I fall into slumber rather easily and then there'll be weeks of only getting to sleep at a decent hour every second night.
DeleteI think it is mostly women that have this dilemma - my thoughts are that we spent thousands of years at home worrying and wondering what our men were up to, if we were safe, what was happening out there, if our children would be ok and so on. Men on the other hand were out there doing the stuff without worrying about anything other than staying alive. Thousands of years of conditioning. Just my very uneducated thoughts though ;o)
And no you are not bossy - I appreciate your honest thoughts.