how do the restless find sleep?

i can't keep walking the damp streets of this neighborhood forever,

and i can't fidget under the covers until the fabric has worn through.

i am so off balance lately,

and it seems like sleep is the sacrifice to my distress.

but even those who believed in the sun and the stars

knew that there was a limit to how much

they could give away and still embrace life.

i need a way to find some quiet,

especially when the lights go off

and the weary rest on without me.

i wouldn't mind leaving this place

and walking so far away that all that i can see

of my own life is a tiny grey dot in the horizon