SLEEP

Searching for answers to questions unsaid
That echo inside my mind
Are there but not often heard or seen
They pass with the wings of time

As my mind grows weary my body gets weak
The arms of sleep embrace me
Drawing me down to where nothing is felt
Guiding me to a dream unseen

Reflections of pictures once thought when awake
Are somehow brought to life
The choice to take part or simply just watch
Is gone in the blink of an eye

Sometimes unaware what I see is unreal
It's accepted as true and believed
But scenes uncertain are left rejected
As I struggle to fight what is seen

No matter what's viewed when the body's asleep
The depth of the mind is awake
Information that's given is at times withheld
Grasping only to what it can take

Something awakes me from thoughts that disturb
Giving me some relief
Closing my eyes after few moments pass
I return to the arms of sleep

Pleasures replace uneasy thoughts
As I'm taken back into dreams
Comfort sets in as new scenes unfold
Accepting with ease it seems

Pieces of each are filed and stored
Remembered as curtains are drawn
This rest sets me free as night turns to day
As my sleep slips away with the dawn

The feelings in this have touched me.

G