No Finale

Tossing and turning, hours restless,
First sleepless night in seven years,
One that has been coming a long time,
Overbearing heat betters me at last,
Radiating from my body;
Insomnia caused by fatigue during peace,
Only the sound of raindrops outside,
While somewhere across the world,
Gunfire and bombs, screaming and crying,
Keeps a child awake all night, every morning,
Listening as the woman he saw carrying water home,
Is drowned out of all existence;
Outside, in the wind, a plane flies,
Bringing people home to their families,
Outside that child’s home, planes swoop with intent,
Barrels unloaded on the armed and unarmed,
The pilot incapable of deciphering a difference anymore;
Insomnia in isolation is a nuisance,
Insomnia by war is crippling,
With no finale.