The Voluntary Insomniac

I am the

Voluntary insomniac.

I suffer from no such misfortune.

Midnight to 3 is a blessing,

At night, I'm reality's surgeon.

Delving head-first into current events,

And philosophies of East and of West;

Jack Kerouac and Jean Paul-Sarte have me sweating;

And I look forward to Alan Watts next.

Lets discover it all!

How exciting it is,

I've been privileged as I am alive.

I read and I write,

Walk dark streets on some nights,

And on others, 

I lay and watch stars.

I am the

Voluntary insomniac.

On some nights I sit and sip tea,

Read Al-Jazeera's new headlines,

And depart upon intellects sea.

In the depth of the night I become everything;

Every person, every move, every sound.

Every taste, every touch, every feeling, every thought,

I am the stars, the ocean, the ground.

In the present I become the future and past

And explore the great misunderstood;

Everything becomes clear as my boat starts to steer,

And my feet waver from where they once stood.

And on every sweet night, it doesn't matter how far

My ship crossed infinity's sea,

I am lost on open water forever;

I adventure eternally.