I don’t sleep well
as of late
I eat late dinners
and get food coma
lay on my bed
and scroll through my phone
begin to doze off
without washing up

I tell myself
it’ll be a little nap
you can get up later
and do what you usually do
but the nap lasts forever
and the time wasted

I sleep enough hours
but wake up
drained
tired
disappointed
unfulfilled
sleep does not rejuvenate me anymore

I begin to think
I sleep away my problems
let it be a moment of fake peace
run away
from all the things
chasing me
but I wake up
and it’s bigger than before

there was a time like this
before
high school
senior year

all sleep
falling into
depression