The moment

The moment before sleep

I try to bring myself back in to this moment

just this very moment

though the time it contains

seems to stretch back

over the whole of history

infinite reflection

Perhaps like the moment before death

the second before giving in

asks to feel again

all that has ever been felt

to remember everything once known

and everyone

All faces sculpted from 

the disappearing air

all thoughts swim in to a dark

subconscious sea

all clocks are paused

grains of sand float halfway down to the floor

Outside of time

there is no such thing as waiting any more

For now may as well be forever

With the next second a life time away

you'll eventually be gone

but in the moment before sleep

exists all of eternity.

11-07-2007

LEF