Up, I am up now

As surely as I said

I would sleep

Through the night

I am up now

Having failed

To fight off thoughts

That couldn’t wait

Until the morning

I stopped to ponder

Dangerously a dream

That, if left unconsidered,

Would have passed through

Perfectly in peace

To go on its way

In and out

Through each ear canal

Yet it was something

Shocking enough to stir

And once my woken mind

Got a hold

And seized it

Somewhere in the middle

Still in my mind

The gears start to turn

And the whole factory

Follows suit

Coming to life

In the middle of the night