When Night Falls

Unable to shut off
The scenes from the day
Or turn down the volume
Of the world
A dream I can't awake from
A life I can't escape from
In a night that lasts forever
And is filled with empty rest
Yearning for sleep
To overwhelm me
Overlap and overcome me
Aching for the Serenity,
The Quiet and the Still

poem by Erika Wingo
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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