Nocturnally functional

This is the story of my life every night

I know I should sleep but I continue to fight

All the thoughts racing in my head

My brain does not wind down but speeds up instead

Once I am done with my chores for the day

All sorts of ideas, creative and strategic, come my way

Sometimes I decide to act on them at a later date

But when I try to sleep, my mind retains its stimulated state

At other times, I feel compelled to act immediately

So that I can capture a rare idea accurately

Both scenarios to a similar conclusion lead

I end up getting less sleep than I need..

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Once I wake up in the morning I get galvanized

In a predictable flurry of activity, before I realize

Where the day has fled by, it is time to go to bed

At that time creative juices start flowing in my head

Why does it not work the other way around?

Why don’t ideas appear in my brain in the morning, so I can get sleep sound!