Poem I wrote many years ago...

I just found this poem.  I wrote it in the middle of the night whilst waiting for my hip operation - April 2006.  Obviously I was in a very dark and lonely place...

I Can't Sleep!

Here I lay in the dead of the night,

Pain surrounds, no relief in sight.

The house is so quiet, all is so still,

Focus is aimed at the time of my pills!

My body so tired - my mind so alert,

There's nowhere to turn when you feel this much hurt.

No one to talk to, nothing to do,

Why can I not sleep, like you?

Frustration, anger, pain and tears,

So many emotions and so many fears.

"Things will improve by the morning" I've heard,

Just get through the night till the sound of dawn birds!

It's 4am now and no sleep as yet,

I'm so tempted now to go cuddle a pet!

But no wish to disturb others from their pleasant dreams,

I must stay here alone, in pain, so it seems!