BIRD CLOCK

My sleep is all wrong

even my dog can tell

when I walk her in the neighborhood twilight

she hurries me past the houses

and the birds hidden in the trees

trading their evening songs.

My dreams don't flow

except when I'm awake

and I see them as shadows on the lawns.

I slept too long to have a nap

but not enough for a night's sleep

and now it is near dark

it was the birds outside

hidden in the trees

that woke me

confused I did not hear their morning songs.

I wonder what will it take to fix my sleep

Maybe I need to tell time by the birds.