In the still of the night.

You have learned to enjoy going to bed at night. To savor the bliss of falling asleep. Even when you were watching TV last night. You dozed off. In  a pleasurable way. And once you got into bed and beneath the blankets, you sensed pleasure. The opportunity to fall asleep. To rest. To lose consciousness.  You wake in the middle of the night. To enjoy the brief return to consciousness. With a beautiful thought.  You feel the pleasure of being relaxed. And in bed. Undisturbed. In the darkness and silence and still of the night. --Jim Broede