Three nights of good sleep,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twenty years in the making,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Routines adopted and abandoned<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scattered behind me on the road to Dreamland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So much anxious debris<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meant to entice stillness<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deep breathing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And a pleasant dream,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perchance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It comes in phases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Up repeatedly for hours at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coffee at two A.M<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Followed by breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And a four hour nap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then up again,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it’s only seven A.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day is too long from this vista\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next attempt is twelve or fourteen or sixteen hours away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And if I try too soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then it’s coffee at midnight<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Followed by breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And a two hour nap\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then what? Coffee? Brunch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A nightmare?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this week,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This miraculous week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Awake at two A.M. then back to sleep in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again at four A.M. and back to sleep in minutes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dreaming up the formula<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And letting go of all previous attempts,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All chasing and entreaties to Hypnos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pillow is mightier than the coffee pot,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blanket supplants breakfast,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If only in this miraculous week of dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s only Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three nights of good sleep, Twenty years in the making, Routines adopted and abandoned Scattered behind me on the road to Dreamland. So much anxious…<\/p>\n