the ringing in your ear signals the arrival of
a fresh start,
the chilled silence of the dawn determines your spirit for
the hours to come,

your mind picks up your eyelids
only to welcome the morning sun
as you peer through the branches
and into the bruised sky

as you swim to the shore
and engulf your toes into the sand
your body aches to sink into the sapphire sea of your bed,
only to drown and never surface again.