To Sleep, Perchance

Sleeping Woman, 1890

Artist:

 Theo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926)

To Sleep, Perchance

When I rouse at night—

Mired in bedclothes,

Twisted in pajamas,

Wrestling every wrinkle—

Then I understand better

How it is to tire of the body—

To think it might be time to wake up.

To wake up and finally

Get out of bed.

 Rhonda Palmer