"Sleeping"

"Sleeping"

Greg Budig 2020

Finally quiet.

My mind has stopped 

its chatter of endless 

questions and doubt.

I submerge into the 

numbness of slumber. 

Eyes closed.

Hands open as my 

weary limbs stretch

suspended in space.

Vulnerable and alone,

resting in the silence.

Breathing deeply.

Hypnotic, measured,

cleansing breaths.

Rising and falling 

in peaceful waves.

Time to exhale.

Mind set free.

Images blurred in 

black and white.

To dream is to fly,

 to search,

 to wonder.

Passing time.

Hours lost moving 

sweetly in the darkness.

Worries no longer 

involve me, I am 

exempt from life.

Set free.

Mind and body at 

blissful rest at last.

Recharged, refreshed,

reborn, relaxed.

Peacefully adrift.

Sleeping.

Something so 

simple but so rare.

To function, survive,

life's exhaustion persists.

Close your eyes and rest.