Sleep...sleeeeep........

What time is it? I think it's past 12 or even 1 o'clock in the morn. Why can't I sleep? I need to sleep right now because my family and I are leaving early for a trip to Medina. They told me to sleep come 10:30 pm. I couldn't. I can't. When can I? Only God knows.

Is this insomnia? A condition where I dare not imagine even in my wildest dreams? Why can't I sleep???This isn't good. THIS CAN'T BE GOOD.

A few years ago, I bought a book titled "Sleepless in Manila". It was all about insomniacs and insomnia. I just read it without fear. Why should I think of insomnia? I sleep like a baby in a comfy cradle being lullabied with a caring mother in a cool night with stars shining bright and the moon glowing lazily in the black, serene sky. Woah! Where did that come from???

Fast forward today (not tonight anymore), and I CAN'T SLEEP. I'm like a baby in a comfy cradle hanging precariously from a cliff by some flimsy, 3rd-class thread being frightened by the crashing waves below me with a cloudy night that is hinting of rain. I NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. It's frightening! And now I'll say this (complete with a gasping, choking desperate voice): "Heeeeeeeeeeeelppppppppp!!!!".

Maybe I'll watch some tv, or write something or google. Sis just popped out of the door and asked why I'm awake. Argh. Insomnia? Sugar rush brought by the Mountain Dew? A phase? Momentary insanity? Whoops!The dangling thread just broke. I'm now a baby falling into the darkness called insomnia.