Pick Your Battles...

 

Saturdays are meant for sleep ins…

lazy, cosy, peaceful sleep ins!

So, I’m wondering why I am awake…

And why my mind woke up

at half past two. 

For a while, my body

fought for sleep…

I twisted and turned and

rolled over and over and over…

I kicked off blankets

and pulled blankets back up…

 But still, my mind was awake.

I switched on the light

and tried to tire my mind

with some intellectual activity…

 and thought I had won

as I switched the light back off

and snuggled back

into the warmth of the bed.

 But, no. 

 My mind was still awake. 

 Part of my mind was now

calculating the time

and becoming increasingly frustrated

with the other,

wide-awake part of my mind.

More tossing…

more turning…

more restless attempts

at peaceful slumber…

But, no. 

My mind is awake.

  So, I’m calling it morning

– though, at almost five o’clock,

 a load of washing on

and the computer keeping

my awake mind busy,

I’ve not yet given in

to the idea of my first

Saturday morning coffee.

(I am still ignorantly hopeful

 that I may fall into

another peaceful slumber!)

 The birds will be awake soon

– those gorgeous, brightly coloured

 Australian birds that screech their joy

 as the sun rises each day…

before the sun even rises!

Maybe, this morning…

I should go outside

and join the singing birds

as they welcome in another day… 

 

Oh, my neighbours would love me!