Insomnia

I want to sleep and fall

Fall

Fall

Fall

Fall

Into dreams

But the Sandman does not come

And the only sand in my mind is an ampersand

On and on and on and on and on

The waking continues

The clock ticks on

Ignorant of my struggle against it

And all too soon

The beeping starts, and I must rise again:

A zombie, but not undead;

Unslept