Sleep Deprivation

Between the depth of slumber and the height of wakefulness

I stay suspended in midair, trying to force my brain to process

Tasks at a cerebral level, as it tries to default

To its reptilian version, bringing to a halt

Anything that executive functioning requires

I subsist at a sub-cerebral level, my only desire

Being to crawl in my bed for a night of repose

But I’m caught in sleep deprivation’s throes..

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The world seems lackluster, time interminable

Of forming coherent thoughts I seem incapable

It takes supreme effort to engage in conversation

I want to be left alone, in my miserable situation

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The day drags on, it is time to leave the workplace

The demands of home I am not quite ready to face

Time passes in a blur, through the motions I go

What I’ve been doing, I barely know..

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When I hit the bed, almost instantly

I can feel sleep trying to engulf me

I wake up the next day, satiated

Profound slumber has left me rejuvenated