A Frenzied Mind

My body longs for sleep, but restlessness consumes me.

Darkness surrounds me

I can no longer see.

My mind is traveling at warped speed

My thoughts are flying faster than lightning.

I try my best to slow their pace, but they refuse to be tamed.

I construct a blockade in the desperate hope that it might slow their crazed march, but they ram into it, knocking it in pieces to the ground.

I cry out silently in frustration,

But my mind continues its devilish, willful cycle.

I cannot rest. I cannot sleep.

I can only dream fitfully and pray that the nightmares do not overtake me.