Insomnia

Why is it that I cannot sleep
to fall into a slumber deep

Where all my cares are swept away
to find some peace at end of day

To find that peaceful silent plain
to ease my hurt and dull my pain

Where dreams of pleasures I´ve not known
abound with joy for me alone

But in my bed, I´m turned and tossed
another night of sleep is lost

Before too long the morning skies
break in on me and fill my eyes

I rise to greet another day
a much more pleasant one I pray

Put on my smile so none can see
the torments that´s inside of me

When the day is gone, I fill with gloom
and trudge back to my lonely room

But there I sit, my eyes agape
longing for that last escape