To The Clockwatchers

I know there are others like me. Those who lay in bed, staring effortlessly into the glow on the bedside clock. Those of you who have too much on you minds to even think of sleep. Not insomnia, just an overactive brain. Not any kind of mental or physical illness, just too many things going on in life to close your eyes. I have lots of things to think about and I always feel like I am running out of time to do all the things I need to do. This could be true. Either way your body is going to force your brain to shut down eventually and you will have to sleep. So give up trying to fight it if that is what you are doing. I have gone 8 days without any sleep at all... and the things it does to you are far beyond any kind of delusional or mental impairment you could imagine. So as we are sitting up at 3 am and watching the digits on the clock change every sixty seconds, then every sixty minutes, deciding what we have to get done in the next 24 hours, we should also consider whether or not it will ever get done if we don't close our eyes and try at least. Those of you who close your eyes and attempt to fall asleep but cannot, well I am afraid your problems are far beyond my helping. Anyways, as I am writing all this, being a hypocrite, I look to my left every so often to see what time it is as if I haven't done so for hours when really it has not been more than 5 minutes. So I guess we are all in this together. "With God's help, I hope to conquer this terrible affliction." -Trainspotting-