Falling Asleep

Some idle thoughts as I was falling asleep last night, and they formed themselves like this:

bow strung tight
bird in flight

howling wind
weeping rain
bleeding moon

let me sleep
let me sleep
let me sleep

traveler without path
wraith without wrath

and so am I
and so I am
awake awake
eternally awake
in a world that
feels like dreaming.



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