Sleep

I lay in bed
I sit and read
cats curl up around my feet
I think of things
then nothing at all
eyes open
eyes close
no darkness will fall

My stare has no focus
an aimless blank glare
endlessly searching
for what is not there

Where are you?
come back!
taunt me no more!
I want you
I need you
without you I'll fall.

Fall!
What a joke!
I'd dive if I could!

I know you will come soon
I'll know you'll return
but the morning will banish you
and I'll have to run
In daylight you'll chase me
thieve all my time
then when night returns
you'll be nowhere to find.