BEFORE I SLEEP

 

Let me learn the reason for things

let me know the source

let me understand how it came to be

this constant competing for position

number 1 not number 100

let me feel the pain of those

who can only threaten

beat up and ridicule

as if they are alone on this planet

and the sky cannot see them

the birds cannot hear them

as if the world is not changed

or comforted by their three score and ten years

travelling to and from

up and down

in and out

listening and speaking

crying and laughing

eating and letting it pass through

her body

down into a different world entirely

of course its not what I digest

that matters after the breath stops

after reading and listening

to everything or anything

when my mind stops

forever while the rivers

keep trickling on and on

are you asleep yet?

Let me learn the reason for things

let me know the source

let me understand how it came to be

this constant competing for position

number 1 not number 100

let me feel the pain of those

who can only threaten

beat up and ridicule

as if they are alone on this planet

and the sky cannot see them

the birds cannot hear them

as if the world is not changed

or comforted by their three score and ten years

travelling to and from

up and down

in and out

listening and speaking

crying and laughing

eating and letting it pass through

her body

down into a different world entirely

of course its not what I digest

that matters after the breath stops

after reading and listening

to everything or anything

when my mind stops

forever while the rivers

keep trickling on and on

are you asleep yet?