Poetry Challenge Month Day Thirteen IF Only I Could Sleep At Night

If only I could sleep at night

Morning seems far away

The train rattles softly over the rails

Fear engulfs me when I hear soft murmurs

Of strangers, heart skips a beat

Child lets out a loud shrill

His mother fast asleep

Rat scurry on the floor nibbling at food

Dropped carelessly

Silent night, the train has stopped

I look through window, see isolated scene

A hooded man sits with bend head, sips hot coffee

He, like me, cannot sleep

A distant bell, a soft jerk under my seat

The train moves slowly over the tracks

I sit up straight, plug on to my ipad

And float away to distant world

Eyes may droop, attention collapse

Reading might thoughtfully induce sleep