A poem a day

I've decided to write a poem a day. Or a  night. I can't sleep anyway, you'll learn all about my problems by reading my blogs. Or my poems. So here is my first one:

Now I lay me down to sleep

But sleeplessness is mine to keep

If I should die before I wake

No doubt it’s from the pills I take.

Awful, right? I say this prayer, that is, the real version, every night as I lay me down to sleeplessness. I don't really take pills. I would, but they just don't agree with me. Except Advil. I'm a little bit addicted to Advil. The stuff really works. I have pain in my mouth from old and future surgeries but other than that, I feel pretty good. Unless I consider how tired I am from not sleeping.

So ends my first post. It's not much, not great, not very interesting. But I promise it will get better. Because I am, after all, a damn (or is it damned?) good writer.

Love,
Maura at Night