Return Me My Sleep

Return me my sleep,

It's the only time I lay and cease

My overthought.

Return me my dreams,

I want to smile with no limits,

Ear to ear and forget the world exists.

Return me that smile

And return me my sanity,

Return me my happiness,

Return me my older me.

I'm done and dusted

With newer reasons to stay up,

With fewer people to stay up for,

With new quandaries to ponder on,

With few pleasures to smile for.

I wish to sleep and dream

For once a happier world,

With a better me,

Where my mind is uncrowded,

By the absences of rushing thoughts,

Where I sleep on a pillow arid, rid of tears,

Where I am okay and not attacked.

Where I am not attacked for once.

I want to sleep and dream

Return me my dear sleep.