Not a Sleeping Beauty
Tick-tock
Here we go again
Blank walls and counting popcorn
The ceiling is slacking
Tick-tock
Wakefulness drags on
Leaving me with no chance
The moon rises
Bright and proud
Tick-tock
The sleepless pattern continues
Entrance to Dream Land denied
Light streams through
bathing the floor
Tick-tock
I’ve lost
About the Contributor
Avery Wall, Statement Editor
Avery Wall is from Greenwood, Mississippi. Considering that Avery tends to be bad with directions, she liked living in her small town but says that small...