Restless

Sleep, sleep

Mind without color;

Be still, the cradle rocks.

Peace, peace

The world still slumbers

On the breaths of lonely stars.

The ceiling blurs, wide eyes, bright pearls

Unblinking in blackness,

Waiting, waiting for dawn.

Sleep, sleep

Mind so restless;

Crumbling depths in oceans of thought.

Whirl, whirl

Wind of the sleepless,

A sigh of impatience

To the deaf god of night.

Dear one, sleep brings peace.

Sleep brings promise to impossible dreams.

Sleep, sleep

Head sink through substance;

Sink the self of the dreamer's soul.

Dream, dream

Sleep's metronome ticks

To the music of a fading night.

Tick, tock, the cradle still rocks.

And in the silence, my mind, so tired...

Sleeps.