It’s almost eleven, time to sleep.
Need rest, a long trip ahead of me,
eight hour drive to Sudbury.
Hope that there is no rain, fog or sleet.
A long trip ahead of me
A long trip ahead of me
It’s twelve o’clock and I can’t sleep,
eight hours of sleep I will need.
Maybe I should get something to eat,
warm cocoa and a sandwich of hot smoked meat.
Will that help me to go to sleep?
A long trip ahead of me
One o’clock and I can’t sleep,
try to relax my muscles to induce sleep
starting from my head right down to my feet.
Oh why can’t I just fall asleep ?
A long day of driving ahead for me
a long day of driving ahead for me
Two o’clock and I can’t sleep,
try relaxing by using imagery:
flying down a snowy slope on my skis
under the sunshine and blue sky of BC.
At the bottom I fell in a great heap,
bruising my shoulder and hurting my knee.
It’s now three o’clock and I can’t sleep.
One more try at imagery:
lying in a hammock by the deep blue sea,
my hair blowing in the ocean breeze
scratching bug bites until I bleed,
on the white sand beaches of Hawaii
It’s five o’clock and I can’t sleep.
Took two Nytols at quarter to three,
by now I should sound asleep be.
Try the old method of counting sheep:
one o one, one o two and one o three
I am still awake and I am all out of sheep
It’s seven o’clock and I had no sleep:
started to drive after three black coffee
my eyes are so tired that I can’t see
I just hope that I won’t hit a tree.
That will be the end of me,
on the way to Sudbury
My wife at the wheel instead of me.
An accident today is not what we need
I am snoring under a blanket in the back seat
I finally can relax and go to sleep
all the way to Sudbury
all the way to Sudbury.
~ Sherman Chow
