"To sleep, perchance to dream"
(With thanks to Wm Shakespeare)
Physical pain can reference many sensations;
sharp, dull, buzzing, aching, throbbing, or constant but it always means discomfort.
sharp, dull, buzzing, aching, throbbing, or constant but it always means discomfort.
Pain always hurts: physical pain distresses your body,
and emotional misery can hurt everything.
and emotional misery can hurt everything.
Exhaustion is palpable; it is a different sort of pain, a disabling, constant distress
that exacerbates all the tender spots, known and unknown.
that exacerbates all the tender spots, known and unknown.
Sleep pretends to help;
it promises dark quiet where the mind and body can drift in peaceful dreams.
it promises dark quiet where the mind and body can drift in peaceful dreams.
Sleep might rejuvenate the organs and muscles to a degree.
It may calm the mind, relax the turbulence,
but it doesn’t relieve the fatigue in every molecule of body, mind, and soul.
but it doesn’t relieve the fatigue in every molecule of body, mind, and soul.
I fear not even the final sleep will cure that.
Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 9 January 2018
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