a quiet sleep:copyright 2003 jared bly
...
I fell asleep again
in so many after thoughts
encumbered by indifference
strung out by a thread
invisible
blooming in the absence
of hidden sunlight
a gossamer array of petals
spiderwebbed with cracks
indistinguishable
from the ancillary flicker
beneath a haze of ash
a languid withdrawl
from all the beauty I saw
before it all
began to dissapear
...