life and art
Perhaps it has been a long nightPerhaps, the sky is beginningTo take on a different colourBrightening, growing light. What if those wakeful hoursWere not a frustrated wasteOf lonely and unwelcomeAlertness, of misspent rest? What if instead we sawThat time as keeping vigilFor unnamed strangersOr even the world itself. Those hours were not spentIn vain. We …
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You find yourselfIn a a long hallwayYou walk and walkThe distant doorFeels like it will neverDraw closer Then suddenly, your handIs on the knobYou turn it and walk through And find yourselfIn another hallwayYou can just see the doorOn the horizon lineYou push forwardWith every bit of energyMaking no progress Until all at onceYou feel …
You might think That the thingUnderneath your headIs a pillow But maybeIt is a sponge It slowly soaks upThe worriesOf the day Feel Your anxieties trickleDown the backOf your neckOut of the baseOf your skullWhile you stareAt the ceilingIn the watchful darkness Or perhapsEveryday stressesDribble slowlyOut of your earDrip, drip, dripEvery so slowlyWetting your spongepillowAs …
Imagine an agile arachnid Gently spinning a gossamer web Over your eyelids Feel the subtle weight Of her silken net The little being Dances and soars Creating an imaginary eye pillow A growing, welcome pressure Weaving waking dreams You could open your eyes But why not wait Just a bit Let the spider Do their …
Continue reading “Insomnia companion, part 4: the sacred spider”
If you can’t fall asleepWhere can you fall instead? Can you fall under the spellOf your own sleeplessness?Can you fall in loveWith some tiny traceOf beauty in the worldYou had never thought to notice? Can you feel the sensation in your bodyOf falling?Do you feel scared?Do you feel elated? There are places in our livesWhere …
I haven’t been sleeping again, soI started writing myself a little insomnia companion book for the dark hours… Perhaps there is someone lying in bed next to you. Perhaps they are sleeping peacefully. You can borrow a bit of their restful energy. Let this be a moment to feel close to them, even if they …
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I haven’t been sleeping again, soI started writing myself a little insomnia companion book for the dark hours… Picture a sandy shore, right at the edge where the waves wash up. Imagine this is your mind. Listen to the sound of your breath. Imagine it is the waves of the ocean. Breathe in – the …
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