SLEEP WATCHING

You just sit there on the bed

And stare out the window.

It’s dark. What can you possibly see?

You fight sleep.

Constantly.

Your eyes widen then droop

Then you blink slowly,

Your head nodding.

The next second you are asleep sitting up.

Then the next second

You startle awake and fight sleepiness to keep watch.

What could be all that interesting?

What are you looking for?

In the middle of the night sometimes I ask myself those same questions.