Dexter Diving

I am ready for sleep
but unable

to crawl into its embrace

Pillows propped

but not too high

lights off

fan on

but not too fast

tv on

but not too loud

captions running

I jump

into a favorite

hoping to dive

so deep

I cannot

come up

til morn

I see the light

around the door

through the window

Is that really

the sun

the rising morn

And is that

my alarm

interrupting

my beautiful

killer

of sleep

June 13, 2020

Day 68 of 100

#The100DayProject

Prompt: write about a sleepless night.

Dexter

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