No Comfort Tonight

I’m hiding from the night
I’m keepin’ some distance
To separate me
From those oncoming dreams.

I’m putting up a fight,
I’m not ready for tomorrow
Just got to keep
Another day from getting to me.

I’m ignoring the lonely sight
That’s such an empty bed
In between the sheets
There’s no comfort, only me.

– R. Brockey

Somniphobia

Devastating addiction that takes me bodily,
Numbs my mind,
Killing my resistance,
Until I can only forfeit my opposition completely.

In so many ways, it is the devil, settled upon me
Long before I know.
I have little recourse,
Simply fight sluggishly against the calling deep.