Like Throwing a Child in a Swimming Pool To See if She Can Swim

[paperbackmind]

I go into periods of restlessness,
being unable to sleep,
of being so goddamn tired that
I begin to nod off whereever I am.
At home,
where I am guaranteed peace,
quiet,
the coolness from the blasting AC,
I close my eyes but
the insistent cirlces my mind weaves
wakes me,
brings me up parched and aching.