Refusing Bed

Refusing to heed the call of bed

I'm sitting here at my desk

Feeling a certain kind of dread

From attempting beauty rest

Because I've never regretted

The completion of midnight task

When all the kids are bedded

Silence and peace to think at last

But then I'm sitting with eyes closed

No energy to apply my hand

So to bed as I'm supposed

Placing pen on my nightstand