Insomnia

take a bath, and for a notion

apply on your palms, a potion

Pop some pills

 drown your ills

with a short swill

 feel well, you certainly will

I was, time and again told

I dutifully subjected me to cold

hot . lukewarm water

in turns , no matter

nothing worked, you see

I even switched on the AC

I gave up, at last , the fight

and made friends with the night

After a bath , I take

a chukker of the house

I eat a piece of cake

in dark,quiet as a mouse

I chuckle all alone

as I watch news drone

in mute animation

sheer fascination.
I pad from pillar to post
like a cliched ghost

I do not crave for sleep

not that I have no more cares

but I would rather have it creep

on my eyelids ,  unawares.