Insomniac Club

Tick
Tock
Everything slows down
Hand of time
Move slowly
My face an endless frown

Tick
Tick
When will the dawn arrive
Seconds
Feel like hours
In to despair I dive

Thoughts
Images
Echo round my head
Toss
Turn
Can't get comfy in my bed

So I look to words
Written by you or me
As time moves on
To five from three
And the dawn
Can't come soon enough
But with so little sleep
I'll be grumpy
And gruff
But solace
Is impossible to find
What can release me
From this bind

Tick
Tock
January to December
Insomniac
Club
I'm a paid-up member

Post Participle

It's five oh one
The birds start their calls
It's been a couple of hours now
Insomnia enthrals

And in the 'silly hours'
I think of many things
People, places
Smiles, misunderstandings

Where are you now, friend
How's life treating you
I could ask you on LinkedIn
But you know I won't do

A gap's opened up
Just that little too wide
Seems I'm not brave enough now
To try and cross this divide
Well put up or shut up
And we know which will be
I give in, always
Too easily

If I could find you on twitter
I might learn some new truth
Bring it all back in to life
Not just memories of youth

A chasm opened up
And we were all lost
No chance of reprieve
Left to count the cost
Should I hit 'search'
Or assign it to history
I give in, always
Too easily

After I post this
Then finally close my eyes
As the traffic increases
And the sun starts to rise

I won't remember these words
As Thursday comes to
I won't recall a single one
But I'll never forget you