Finally Can I Sleep

Finally can I slumber,

Close these dust-leaden eyes

That broke through the day

Day by day without break.

Finally can I lie supine,

Rest aside these weathered arms

That carry the loads of my existence

Existing and existing, these loads.

Finally can I exhale,

Give my lungs some space

From breathing this world with me

For again and again I am breathless.

Finally can I escape,

Brush my feet under the thick mattress

And cease from running from time

Time and time again without cease.

Finally is there peace,

My ears can be deaf from this earthly whining,

my tongue without need for food,

from feeding this need for peace.

Slumber.

Lie Down

Exhale..

Escape..

Peace…..

Finally can I stop

Yearning for sleep.

An eternal refuge

From this mortal bed.