Insomnia
Jolena has insomnia,
Her eyes can never close.
This means the girl can’t sleep at night.
No, she can’t even doze.
Jolena’s very tired, of course.
She knows we need our rest.
She knows it isn’t good for her,
If she’s to do her best.
Jolena has read lots of ways
To sleep the night away.
Like going out to get a dose
Of fresh air every day.
She drinks a cup of nice warm milk
Before she goes to bed.
She’s heard it helps you to relax
And clears your busy head.
She turns the TV off before,
Her phone and tablet, too.
She read it somewhere once online.
That it’s what she should do.
She takes a nice, warm bath at night.
At least it leaves her clean,
Looking forward to her sleep
And wondering what she’ll dream.
She heard somewhere that counting sheep
Would help to ease the way.
She had to round them all up first,
For some had gone astray.
She tries to find a boring book
To read while dozing off.
They always catch her interest, though.
They’re never dull enough.
“I watch the ceiling all night long,”
The poor girl tells her friend.
“No rest, no dreams, no soothing sleep,
The boredom never ends!”
“How can you see the ceiling, though?”
Friend Mandy has to ask.
“You never see a thing at all
While you wear your mask!”
“Wear my mask?” Jolena asks.
“I don’t know what you mean.”
“We all have them,” Mandy replies,
“So we can sleep and dream!”
“Children close their eyes to sleep,
And dolls with sleeping eyes,
But those dolls can’t read books in bed,
Nor watch clouds in the sky.”
“Our eyes stay wide open, though,
So we can watch and read,
And you can do your flips in air
And land upon your skis!”
We need a sleep mask, though” she says,
“If we intend to doze.”
Then Mandy finds the needed mask,
Where dolls keep all their clothes.
Jolena had insomnia.
Her eyes could never close.
This meant the girl could never sleep;
She could not even doze.
But Mandy had a cure for this:
A sleep mask for her eyes!
This means she now can sleep at night,
So rested she can rise.
And if you find you cannot sleep,
A sleep mask could be swell.
Just a peek to say, “Thanks, Mandy!”
“Goodnight, Jolena! Sleep well!”
This poem appears in print in Our Favorite Verses: Stories from The Doll's Storybook
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
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