Insomniatic

Tired but unable to sleep

The insomniac walks slowly

Dragging their heels

Waiting for night to end

Or begin

Because time moves differently

When everyone else is dreaming.

The weary traveler sits

Hoping slumber will take over

Yet when it does

They snap back to reality

To another waking nightmare

A labyrinth of their own making;

It's all they've ever known

Stuck in limbo

Crawling below the bar

Heavy appendages drag them down

Into a pit

of feathers and grace

As the insomniac realizes

They were always asleep