Toss and turn, pillow punch
The goal, to fall asleep
Warm and cozy and deep
Eyes wide open
Sheep, uncooperative
Useless trying warm milk
Switch to flannel from silk
Teddy bear mocks
©2022 Annette Rochelle Aben
When sleep calls to you
Pillows won’t muffle the sound
Best you just give in
Change into your nighttime clothes
Wrap yourself in the blankets
©2020 Annette Rochelle Aben
What shade would you be
If you woke to find you’re blue
Your pillow’s a cloud
©2016 Annette Rochelle Aben
Take time out to sleep
And rest both body and mind
From the stress of life
©2015 Annette Rochelle Aben
Whoosh! Our dreams yearn to take flight into the mystical, magical night, acting if they are not really ours as they dance and weave among the stars. They seem to have a mind of their own freed from our imaginations’ home. They’ve only the night but they don’t care as the dreams invite us, their world to share. Alas, reality calls too soon when the sun arrives to relieve the moon.
©2014 Annette Aben
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