LATELY I THINK

Lately I think

on

many things

as I

sink

to sleep.

Behind my eyelids

I feel shadowy

colors

as they change from

hue to hue.

My pulse speeds up as

I slow down.

The word

FOREVER

mingles with my heartbeat, all

disarrayed.

I resort to childhood

prayers,

dropping one finger on

his sleeping back,

my anchor to this world

this time

this night.