Broken Sleep

Darkness all around

Sleep no longer my companion

A noise in my room

Wondering if I am alone

But of course no one else wakes at this hour

Then the sound of a bird

One single chirp – silence

Did this one little bird have the same fight with sleep

Roll over once more and resist the urge to open my eyes

Again – the bird – he still tries to break the silent darkness

A single note – then a small tune

Followed by a new note from the next yard

A duet in the darkness

My struggle to keep sleep with me is now lost

The birds let me know a new day begins

One to fulfill my desires