Against the Desire to Sleep

I’ve learned to slay my restlessness
The way I killed my dreams
Into a slow lull routine jest
Choked by the softest pillows
As with many, turns to sleep
Wasn’t able to find that sweet spot
To drown and doze off
Dull the frequency where
My brain runs its pointless marathon
Of sparks and friction
This headache bangs like kitchen pans
Rhythm-less crashing cymbals
Persists and sans of form
Incidental symbols

Important to no one
“Free flow” misnomer
It’s a crime scene of blood spatter
Makes sense only if you’re neck-deep, connecting the dots
Counting sheep
These thoughts and its refusal to be tamed
Is not hinged on fear of domestication and cages
But moreso of laziness
To be better understood
This Cassandra never wanted the chorus
Share its view of the future
The doom and decay soon littered among us
Shall remain bereft of tincture
Against the desire to sleep
Prolific Nonsense Against the desire to sleep
Seeing light, an insomniac’s worst nightmare…