When You’re Terrified of Sleep
It’s hard to rest when you know what’s waiting for you
4 min readAug 6, 2019
My eyes feel like the bully from down the beach poured a bucket of sand in them when I was buried up to my neck. They’re tired and red. I try to finish reading my story, but I keep nodding off. I almost wish the baby would start crying, so I have a reason to get out of bed. I really don’t want to fall asleep.