(Self-prescription)
How did we go wrong on something so basic
One of the key factors making us sick
Is lack of quality sleep- we tend to equate
Productivity to staying up and working late
Sleep is for the weak, those who are destined to succeed
Must be able to thrive with few hours of sleep indeed
Burning the midnight oil is accepted as the norm
Despite abundant evidence that people perform
Worse on all measures of higher function
Without adequate sleep-impaired is their cognition
We know fatal and costly errors have been made
By sleep-deprived souls, yet we have stayed
With the idea that in order to succeed
To labor late into the night is what we need..
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We are a mass of human beings perpetually sleep-deprived
Who are irritable, overweight, chronically ill, and yet who strive
To forego sleep to achieve every imaginable goal
While lack of sleep relentlessly takes its toll
On our bodies, minds, relationships, and more
When medicine and therapy are futile, why don’t we explore
The healing effects of something as simple as sleep
And hit our beds earlier, for sleep restorative and deep
Passion...unbridled 