This game of Cheat

Neurons ablaze with fire

Taking a walk through the wire

Desperate to get some sleep

Desperate to stop the weep

Hoping for an escape route

Pop in a pill and rest my feet

But who's regretting now

The advice I didn't heed

This trailblazing attempt to keep

Keep running, keep up the chase

To get in the train, get in the flow

To just keep within the race

Pressure mounting in the eyes and ears

Pushing, slightly pushing the limit

Desperate attempts to fall to sleep

To push ev'rything out

To fall to sleep

Life's a game of Cheat

The forfeits I've come to know

I don't know how to play it

And now I'm suffering the blows

A little over 6 days I have to endure

A little over 6 months I need

And I'm regretting now

Regretting the advice I didn't heed