Ah insomnia there you are!
I've been expecting you, you know,
There's been too much stress and general crap,
For you not to show!

I thought I'd get away scott free,
I've clawed back sleep, on other days,
Managed to get through in a mush,
Just working in that haze.

But no you git here you are!
Fresh faced and full of mirth,
Ready to drag me up from sleep,
In some hedonistic birth!

Am I surprised a bit, at all?
Oh no I'm not you see,
While others shout and scream their woes,
That simply isn't me.

It gets bottled up like years before,
Then all of a sudden pop!
I'm wide awake at 3am,
Insomnia you are a cock-womble!

And so I sit hoping for a break,
As my mind plays years of woe,
Everything that's ever happened in my life,
Like some pathetic show!

Vile and cruel these images flow,
Every foul word ever spoken,
Batter my mind, rip shreds off me,
Until I'm truly broken.

I'm too awake to get to sleep,
So here I sit, a hollow shell,
Ghouls of a past life in my head,
Resonating like a bell.

Just let me sleep!!! Unbroken and calm,
That's all I'm asking please!
I'm stripped down so bare, no where to go,
And begging on my knees.

There's little time left before it turns,
From tiredness to cold stew,
That rancid film is creeping in,
Insomnia I hate you!

I try to fight you off with warm milk,
I've even tried some pills,
All it does is stew me more,
Then leaves me feeling ill.

I don't want to give up again,
Allowing my worries to win,
So I'm taking control of my body clock,
With one huge glass or gin (or two)