Another short night
Fighting heavy eyes
Early to bed
Up before the sunrise
Try to fill the space between
Make the hours count
Soon it’s back to sleep
Another short night
Fighting heavy eyes
Early to bed
Up before the sunrise
Try to fill the space between
Make the hours count
Soon it’s back to sleep
Passing thoughts, some set aside
Someday I’ll find the time
Buried before long
Forgotten and denied
No time to delve deeply
Stray into the abyss
Too much going on
All this chaos at the surface
Static body, roots ever expanding
Underestimated reach
Tapped into a network spanning land, air and sea
Boundaries unfamiliar
Borders even less
I’m almost everywhere
I’m standing in one place
Figments of sleep
Shards of dream
Unseen from without
Secret gardens
Flowers of self doubt
Priorities set
An ever growing list
In constant flux
Constantly chasing
Checks and balances
Howling familiarity
Every day plays out the same
I’ve spent a lifetime transposing pain to page
Dropping deep into myself
The yawning abyss
Inflicting wounds, pressing bruises, then telling what I felt
Hope for anything at all
Looking forward to impact
I’ve lost the thrill of the fall