Insomnia – Acrostic

Sleepless nights and cold endless days
Linger restlessly inside my skull
Interrupting what should be the sweetest dreams
Peace and calm refused

Perhaps the nightmares are trying to warn me
Interventions sent from my own hell
Nudging me toward something I can’t name
Guidance wrapped in dread

I can’t keep going on like this
Nor can I find a way to rest
Tomorrow holds no comfort now
Only the weight of tired bones

Damn the break of sunrise
And the start of another day
Return the darkness to me
Keep the dreams at bay

Nocturnal voices croon to me
Every haunted lullaby
So they echo in twisted chords
Sleep and rest denied

Her voice accuses me without end
Every sin dragged back into the light
Laughing, mocking, taunting me
Purporting my fate is sealed

Morpheus, I beg of you
Enough of this torment
Send me passage to your shores
And let me slip beneath the wings

Vow to me no more endless night
Emerge me from my shame
Mired dreams and tired eyes
Every night the same