Come To Me Sleep

come to me sleep
come thick and quiet
come to my aching back
come alongside me like the pillow at my spine

come with fullness of body like
a good drink well nuanced
in right proportion
for a good dream is

several parts truth equal parts
absurdity
and just enough piercing emotion
to leave one gasping
for air

sleep do not withhold
be generous to me the way
I have been striving to be
with the world

make my body disappear until
I am floating on a mindless cloud
of open space
quiet prayer

sleep unshackle me
don’t fail me you are
the only thing
keeping tomorrow from shattering