so tired but sleeplessness is a side effect of hopelessly ensnared in you

if you were here sleep would be a relief to fall into with you

but without you it is moments of relentless separation

the sandman creeps around my head with whispers of restless tossing and turning

a phantom projection of unconscious interjection, misdirection, false intention, that dream will give solace to aching need

damn you Morpheus, damn you for tantalizing glimpses that fade with waking

i shall deny you until no longer able, falling into rest with spiteful indignation coloring my rage

sleep is weakness and in perseverance i shall conquer reality, remolding it into one where you and i are mere nanometers apart

a pox upon fitful sleep