Night Demons
Oh how deadly these questions and doubts
Enter your mind
As you lie in Bed
Quietly waiting to slip
Softly into sleep.
These niggling nuisances
Nip in and out of your thoughts
Raising more and more doubts.
Its impossible to catch even a moment
Without fear entering , freezing your mind.
Nasty nibbling doubts and fears with
Little or no substance enough
To warrant their impact in the dark.
Suddenly you are wide awake
And as far from sleep as is possible to be.
Awake, I feel able to see more clearly
The issues that have troubled me.
I write them down dismiss them
With a feeling of relief
I return to my pillow.
And sleep.
Val Cook 2011
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