I don't usually have a problem with sleep myself, but I have been recently and I'm not sure why. You've written a wonderful good night here though; my favorite part is:

"Good night.

There's nothing left but dreams for me.

I will see you there in full flesh and costume

Better and worse than you might be."

That could be a description of dreaming or of waking; sometimes the two are impossible to tell apart.

I'm just like you and let me tell you right now, it's the moon's fault! Iv'e said it all along.

Now serve yourself some wine and then relax and then take 3 long, deep breaths -

that's right

Now, hypnotize yourself like this:
peace, serenity and love (repeat). Visualize your favourite childhood memories....

Then, ingest a full circuit of ativan....

nighty nights

Excellent poem aim :)

I have a lot of problems sleeping as well, which stems from the fact that I think it's a waste of time.

OK, i have to ask since it's been bothering me although to most it's probably quite obvious. Is that you behind a tombstone with devil horns on?

A great poem. I don't have the problem with sleep, except well, I'm ass backwards in the sleep schedule, usually crawl into bed around 5 or 6 am my time and then sleep till around 2ish then head off to work.

For most people, that would drive them crazy, but not me, I have my imaginary animals to talk to!! :)

Thank you for reminding me to get to frickin’ sleep with this lovely good-night ode :-)

—Melissa

oh, this is a gorgeous poem. i can only sleep by taking trazodone, but it works wonderfully. for me, anyway. mild anti-depressant and has something else in it that's good for fibro. i saw that moon and its man. he said he's not following you but he's a big liar. love love love

oh, this is a gorgeous poem. i can only sleep by taking trazodone, but it works wonderfully. for me, anyway. mild anti-depressant and has something else in it that's good for fibro. i saw that moon and its man. he said he's not following you but he's a big liar. love love love

I have a heck of a time falling asleep. Always have. Now it will be worse. I'll be sitting in front of this computer screen all night reading your wonderful ode to lack of sleep. cy

Hope you had a good night, aim.

Very effective. I fell asleep reading it. Just kidding. Does it work? I'm still counting sheep.

I do hope you manage to get some sleep after all tonight.

Good night!!

... and don't let the bed bugs bite.

Thanks everyone, for commenting!
Nanatehay: You neded some rest the other night, and I hope you have the most peaceful and lovely long weekends (if indeed this is a long weekend for you).

Total moon thing Karin Rego - it's waxing tonight, I guess. I love it but also feel a little to close to lunacy" at times...and the wine just makes me more full of moon. lorazepam can do the trick for sleep!

Manchu Wok: In my wild days I was wont to say: "Sleep is for weaklings." (And yes indeed that's me peeking out from behind Emily Dickinson's grave. On Halloween, two years ago.) Thanks for the compliment!

Tinkertink69: I've had some similar crazy schedules, and they definitely twist the brain. But what would OS be without you to fill in those pregnant pauses, those bitter moments when all fingers are poised to type out v-i-t-r-i-o-l. I'm glad you liked the poem. I truly appreciate that.

Hi Love Grandma and thanks for stopping by!

Theodora - It's lovely to have you comment - and that's a big compliment coming from you.

Cy: Thanks! Some it is about...well, enough said. The night is sometimes a blessing. Sleep is sometimes scary - because you're afraid to lose a moment.
I'm just too old to go without sleep because "cranky pants" has been added to descriptive terms directed at me.

At HomePilgrim: Thanks! It was...eventually restful. And the next day on limited sleep was tolerable! Miracle of miracles.

John Blumenthal: A sybiotic relationship! You crack me up and I lull you to sleep. This is the best OS relationship EVER!

Thanks jonmagee and Steve Blevins.

Sorry I didn't respond sooner - I was sleeping! - and that this is sort of lengthy, but I adore that you each chose to read and comment on this little bit of moon and light feeling.
Thanks.

I like this sleep poem! Of course, I like any poem that has the words "crazy moon" in it, AND mentions "wine." This really captures that sense of when you can't sleep & kind of wander in & out of dreams. It's good to write a poem when you can't sleep because then at least you get something cool out of the restless night.