I dream of sleep <br /> like a lover lost at war <br /> Weariness tugs at my heart <br /> My very being seems <br /> infested by it <br /> Yet rest is not enough <br /> I crave peace, solace, time <br /> To enjoy life and friends <br /> To follow dreams and <br /> Conquer fears <br /> But the mundane is a constant enemy <br /> the ordinary an incessant foe <br /> never giving me a chance <br /> to remember, to enjoy <br /> to dream, bedtime dreams<br /><br />Kenna Kay Payne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bedtime/
