I cannot sleep. I cannot sleep! <br />And so my mind hangs <br />On the window pane <br />And catches the paler winter night <br />And all her forgotten stars <br />Lost and constant. But lost. <br /> <br />& so I hang my musings <br />Over my head—a dream catcher, <br />A braided work of skill— decorated <br />With blue imagery & lazy pearls. <br /> <br />I cannot sleep. I cannot sleep! <br />Outside, a world… a world! <br />A gleaming bed of stars— <br />And all her lighter down <br />Crowning my window’s pane bright! <br />A sheet of stars! A mirror here on Earth. <br />All fate and cosmos… <br />Busy and bound! <br /> <br />See? I will not sleep <br />Until I tie their values <br />On a page, and catch <br />Their world in a sigh— <br />Until I master and tame <br />The spirit of their flight… <br />And pull their mask of chill aside. <br /> <br />I cannot sleep. I cannot breathe! <br />I cannot steer these story wings! <br /> <br />I tug apart my knotted musing <br />And all her polished luck… <br />And release the cosmos from my grip. <br />(Earthly and Divine) <br />I unhook the silver night from my thoughts, <br />And unbraid the daedal wind. <br /> <br />Beneath a setting dust of patience, <br />Hushed and light, <br />I fall asleep with all my peace.<br /><br />Masiela Lusha<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-cannot-sleep/
