Invitation to sleep

Body, be at rest,

Day’s doings done!

The world will turn without you.

Lay you down.

And let the great eternal forces

Carry you to morning.

Busy mind, be still!

Your thinking can’t

Change the world on its own.

It’s time to stop,

To trust,

To let your smallness carry you

To dreams of wonder and another day.

Soul, let go!

The mountains and the valleys and the heights

Will stand without you;

Whirling stars will dance

To their own music,

They require you not.

Remember who you are,

Remember whose,

And let go and lie down.

For this you know,

You know this certainty:

You sleep and wake in safety.

Day and night

Are written in the fabric of the world,

And in their rhythm teach a greater thing.

For death will come

A falling into dark,

To fall through to a morning bright and fair,

To fall through to the Love that always holds,

And holds forever.

Rest, and be content.