Think about your car. If you revved it until it was overheated and spewing steam, what would you do? Turn it off and cool it down. We can't sleep because we're amped and hot.
Outside our Western culture, there are indigenous people who believe that the onset of the spiritual journey often is heralded in by insomnia; It is time to take up your duty to the soul.
Medical experts say that 30% to 50% of us occasionally suffer from insomnia, your intrepid poetry columnist included. Your anxiety kicks up, your hea...