Rock Me to Sleep

I have been having a hard time sleeping the last couple of nights…

Could it be that I am just so excited by all of the new experiences?
Or terrified by them?
Or exhausted beyond sleep?
Or am I frustrated about not sleeping?
Or have been obsessing about JFK in my blog and now am haunted by chronic back (and knee) pain, making it difficult to sleep?
Or am I just lonely?
Or is it some combination thereof?

I have tried reading, watching movies, listening to books on tape, laying in the dark, painkillers, some weird natural sleep aid, a warm shower, eating and now writing. I think I know the answer, but there is no one there to answer my call…

I am so tired. In so many ways.

Jill Sobule sang it…

Six in the morning
Been up since three
I wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep
The sun won't be melting these snowy white sheets
Wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep
Rock me to sleep
Rock me to sleep
Wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep

The book on the bedstand
The little TV
The drink and the ashtray
Keep watch over me
The long dark shadows of the sycamore tree
Wave and keep me company
Keep me company
Company
The long dark hands of the sycamore tree
Take me in your arms and hold me
Till I close my eyes
Till the streetlamps die
And the traffic rumbles

Rock me to sleep
Rock me to sleep
I wish I had my mother
I wish I had my father back
I wish I had my baby
I wish I had somebody to rock me to sleep