Warning

I have tried a lot of ways
to fall asleep
and stay asleep
and wake up rested
but everything I try
comes with a warning
that the substance
may be habit forming
or addictive,
and honestly, I’m more worried
about this addiction I have
to laying awake, rigid bodied,
carrying the world’s weight
and praying for oblivion,
the tiny death of sleeping
when I don’t have a mind
or a body anymore.
They don’t print
a warning label for that.