I Am Wearier Than Weariness Poem by Shalom Freedman

I am wearier than weariness
I am so so tired
I don't ever remember being tired this way
When I was young I did not become tired in this way
But I am not young any longer
And will never be again
And when the early evening comes
I feel I must sleep or die
I feel too I would rather die than not sleep
Rather sleep forever if I cannot sleep right now
Never before have I been so tired
And I wonder where it is leading me
Though I almost certainly know
When one sleeps forever
One no longer is tired.