time to
reach deeply inside the exhausted mind
time to
finally put the famished emotions to rest
time to
discard the ponderous thoughts of the day
time to
bottle up tears for another moment to weep
time to
let go of today’s agony and slip into numb sleep
time perhaps
to dream of a new tomorrow of
peace and of light
time perhaps
to dream of hope with wings aflutter
soaring into flight