Sleep...

The tantalising fingers

of serenity

gently beckon

to my tortured soul

The sweet whispers

of oblivion

tempt me

to a realm unknown

The lingering promise 

of solitude

drags me

to a darkened road

The delicious ecstasy

of freedom

urges me 

to reach out

The ferocious energy 

of stillness 

embraces me

and makes me whole

I lose myself

within the confines

of a seething

ordered chaos

Falling deeper

into an endless abyss

of this false death

called sleep...

~Shamshaad~