The summer sun beats down
from clear blue skies
I sit out, enjoying the glow
on my skin. I close my eyes
and it feels like recharging,
like therapy.
Then night falls
and the dark room is like
an oven.
Sleep is a concept I can\'t
comprehend
like chemical equations
I can\'t solve.
Lying in a room
plus the lateness of the hour
does not equal sleep.
Not tonight.
And I long for the hypnotic
falling of the autumn rain
and those cold winter nights.