Until sweet sleep washes over you
And you allow it to carry you away
Peacefully surrendering to the tide
Abandoning your body...
You drift from the bay
Falling under the lapping waves
Deeper and deeper into calming darkness
Letting go and forgetting
At the very same time
Until eyes open like the shore
Crashing onto the rocks
And sun expands across you
Placing you back into
The busy, bustling world
Where the impatient awaits you
And every day expects you
every day expect impatient await sleep surrender seduce relax peace peaceful forget abandon beach waves sea ocean metaphor feeling mind body spirit soul wash nap brain let go letting go forgetting awake reality drift run escape return
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Graham Sherwood
Wed 13th Aug 2025 19:51
Great to see you posting more!
A lot of people see the approach of sleep as a tide/sea that carries us off, I still love the closing credits of ‘The night garden’.