I tend to fall asleep easily too, Max. But never managed anything so thoughtful when waking, those moments during the night...
And still manage to avoid thinking much about the end...
Hmmnnn....
Doug
On 2013-07-31, at 1:18 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Getting to sleep is
> never a problem for me -
> well, almost never.
>
> Head lowered to pillow,
> eyes just close,
> breathing settles,
>
> I'm away.
> Sweet dreams, or none.
> Others, I know,
>
> speak of tossing
> and turning, dozing
> and starting up -
>
> full-on insomnia,
> flat out without rest,
> implying there's something
>
> nobly pathetic
> in wakefulness.
> Come off it! I do
>
> recall such nights, useful
> for thinking, planning,
> regretting also.
>
> Fearing the future -
> ever-nearing death -
> in the dark before dawn
>
> that's also much done.
> (How many sleeps
> till the big one?)
>
> So saying to myself
> in the dark, I hear
> two o'clock chime,
>
> three - enough, stupid -
> has to be concluded -
> to be concluded.
>
Douglas Barbour
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