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Falling Asleep
by Joan SerratelliI went to sleep early
last night
after getting up
very early
While laying there,
I pondered
this thought:
how do you know
when you're sleeping?
I yawned a little,
pulled the blanket
over my head
and the next thing
I knew
I was sleeping
A few hours later,
I got up
took a pill
and pondered
this thought:
how do you know
when you're sleeping
I yawned a little,
pulled the blanket back
over my head
and the next thing
I knew
I was sleeping
A few hours later,
I woke up again
and figured that
maybe
I should just stay awake
but it was too early
so I repeated the process
and sleep once again
came over me
I still want to know
when it is
that you know
that you are sleeping
03/05/2009 Author's Note: i've had problems falling asleep and staying asleep lately. Maybe I should have titled this "Thoughts From An Insomniac"!
Posted on 03/05/2009
Copyright © 2026 Joan Serratelli
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/05/09 at 03:50 PM Either title would have worked. From one insomniac to another, this is great. |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 03/05/09 at 04:47 PM ...you know i'm pretty smart. you're sleeping when you don't know it; you're awake when you know it. that's the difference. small i know. such is life's many secrets...joan, durned if i know but i love the waltzing back n' forth with that thought...you did. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 03/05/09 at 08:20 PM I hear what you are saying here. Myself, I forget that I remember, and dream that I forget...Well done.
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| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 03/06/09 at 04:03 AM I honestly sometimes think of it, while I'm sleeping. And not during a dream, either. Weird. I hope that, sleep or not enough sleep, you rest. |
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