Slumber Against Will

 

Sleep surrounds me

And pulls like quicksand

At my consciousness

To swamp my senses.

 

I fight my eyes

Not to acquiesce

For once shut, my thoughts

Slip into limbo.

 

My flesh desires

No resistance either

For it also longs

To be at peace.

 

The battle rages                  

As the silence of

Darkness shines its

Light on loneliness.

 

It is in the still

Where I cannot hide

From the reality

Of my life.

 

 

B. Benjamin                                                                                         

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