Sleep?

Sleep seems to becoming a huge issue with me.

In bed at 11:30PM and wide awake at 2:32AM.

Lying in bed and trying not to disturb your sleeping partner is a difficult thing to do, since finding a comfortable position to lie in is becoming harder and harder for me.

The mind wanders, the mind races.

Sleep continues to evade.

So, why stay in bed?

So here I am, awake for over and hour and half and apparently no chance of falling back to sleep for the next several hours.

Local news on a reliable station (certainly not a Fox affiliate) begins in 16 minutes.

Time enough to go make a pot of coffee and sit back in the recliner.

Sleep.

Wish to hell I could buy me some.

really

When age reaches a certain point and health issues become a conflict in one's life, it's amazing the things that go thru one's mind and the lengths some will go to in an effort to be able to stick around and continue to bug the hell out of people.

It's also a reminder that time is the one commodity that there just isn't enough of to go around...

and the beat goes on....

Why is it that when you have something that is unique and offers so much to so many that there are those who try to manipulate, change, distort, convolute, tear down, ruin, mutate and maneuver just to suit themselves?

fighting for position

reasons
many
conclusions
few
never knowing what to say
never knowing what to do
on course for a collision
imminent disaster on the way
confusion
abounding
decisions
none
despite all good intentions
nothing ventured
nothing fun
setting sights straight ahead
not looking to the left or to the right
won't make much difference
what happens each day
or what transpires each night
life
fleeting
moments
sparse
listening to all those words
and realizing it's just a farce
yet despite all the lies
broken promises
empty words
some that were spoken
better left
unheard
reality
sucks
delivers
pain
regardless of what happened
much was gambled
but nothing gained
the conclusion
unrevealing
empty heart
empty
head
moving on in the present direction
won't make much difference
going to still
end up
dead